Literal question
[Questions 34- 41 were asked of persons age 14 or older]
(If the person is younger than 14, go to section E.2).
36. What kind of union do you have with this person?
[Question 36 was asked of persons age 14 or older who had a spouse or partner in this household, as per question 34.]
[] 1 Civil marriage (go to question 38)
[] 2 Living together
Interviewer instructions
34. Does your spouse or partner live in this household?
This question and the following (35 to 38) are asked only to people age 14 or older.
The objective of the question is to identify the couples in the household. From the question "Relationship" with the head of the household, it is only possible to identify if the head has a spouse in the household. The inclusion of this question allows us to know if there are other couples in the household and identify the members that compose them.
Spouse or partner is understood to be any conjugal relationship that implies cohabitation in the household, independent of the type of union (legal or consensual) or whether it deals with a same-sex or opposite-sex couple.
- If the person answers "Yes", circle the corresponding code and complete the following question (who is the spouse/partner)
- If the person answers "No", do not ask the next two questions and inquire after the civil status of the person (question 37).
[p. 37]
35. Who is this person?
Register the number of the person in the household that is identified as the spouse or partner.
One particular case is that of same-sex couples. If the person spontaneously declares that the partner is a member of the household of the same sex, proceed to register the information in the same way as for the couples of the opposite sex.
36. What kind of union do you have with this person?
Ask this question and circle the code that corresponds to the response received. Remember that it is only asked to those people who declared having a spouse or partner in the household interviewed.
This question aims to capture the type of union of the people that declared having a partner in the household. In respect to co-habitating couples, there can be two situations: the union is legalized (civil matrimony) or the union is unofficial (consensual union).
If the person declares that the union is a legal marraige, do not ask the following question (marital status). Since the respondent answered that the union is a civil marraige, the person by definition is married, as well as the spouse.
If the person declares that the union is a "Consensual union", ask the following question (marital status).
