Literal question
[For individual 12 years of age or older]
B20. Marital status
Circle the appropriate code:
[] 0 Married, monogamous
[] 1 Polygamous first wife
[] 2 Polygamous, second wife / polygamous 2 wives
[] 3 Polygamous, third wife / Polygamous 3+ wives
[] 4 Single
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Divorced
[] 7 Other cases
Interviewer instructions
B20 - Marital status
Only the persons aged 12 years and above are concerned by this question.
Write an oblique hyphen for the persons aged less than 12 years.
Circle "0 MO" for men and women who are married in monogamy unions (only one wife for men, no co-wife for women).
Circle "1 P1" for men who have two wives, and for women who are the first wife.
Circle "2 P2" for men who have three wives, and for women who are the second wife.
Circle "3 P3" for men who have four wives or more, and for women who are the third wife or wife of higher rank.
Circle "4 CEL" for men or women who are single (never married)
Circle "5 VE" for widowed men or women.
Circle "6 DI" for divorced men and women.
Note: Some persons who are widowed or divorced could have the tendency to claim that they are single. For this reason, you shall never assume that a person claiming to be single has never been married in his or her lifetime.
Circle "7 AU" for the other cases: the persons who live in informal union or in free union, as well as the couples who live separated while still being united by the marriage bond.
Note: A marriage is a status [the French text says a fact] contracted either at city hall, or according to religion, or according to traditional Senegalese customs.
A man who had two wives, one of which died or divorced, is then married, in monogamous union. Circle then "0 MO".
