Literal question
<svar v="SN02A448">[For individual 12 years of age or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="SN02A448">B20. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">Circle the appropriate code:<br /><br />[] 0 Married, monogamous<br />[] 1 Polygamous first wife<br />[] 2 Polygamous, second wife / polygamous 2 wives<br />[] 3 Polygamous, third wife / Polygamous 3+ wives<br />[] 4 Single<br />[] 5 Widowed<br />[] 6 Divorced<br />[] 7 Other cases</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="SN02A448">B20 - Marital status <br /><br />Only the persons aged 12 years and above are concerned by this question. <br />Write an oblique hyphen for the persons aged less than 12 years.<br /><br />Circle "0 MO" for men and women who are married in monogamy unions (only one wife for men, no co-wife for women).<br /><br />Circle "1 P1" for men who have two wives, and for women who are the first wife.<br /><br />Circle "2 P2" for men who have three wives, and for women who are the second wife.<br /><br />Circle "3 P3" for men who have four wives or more, and for women who are the third wife or wife of higher rank.<br /><br />Circle "4 CEL" for men or women who are single (never married)<br /><br />Circle "5 VE" for widowed men or women.<br /><br />Circle "6 DI" for divorced men and women.<br /><br /><div class="i1">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.</div><br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />A man who had two wives, one of which died or divorced, is then married, in monogamous union. Circle then "0 MO".<br /></svar>
