Literal question
26. Marital status
<br />Is [the respondent] currently:
<br />[Read the options and circle one code] </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Living with a partner or in union<br />[] 2 Is separated [skip to question 28]<br />[] 3 Is divorced [skip to question 28]<br />[] 4 Is widowed [skip to question 28]<br />[] 5 Is married <br />[] 6 Is single [skip to 28]</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">26. Marital Status</span>
<br />This question identifies whether the person lives in free union or marriage, single, widowed, separated or divorced.</p>
<p>Read the question with all the options until obtain an affirmative answer and circle the appropriate code to the response.</p>
<p>[Figures are omitted]
<br />Never make assumptions about the marital status of a person. Ask this question even if the person is young, to avoid omissions of joined or married teenagers.</p>
<p>Register as married to persons who got married through a civil, religious procedure, or both.</p>
<p>When the informant mentions that once he/she was married or cohabiting, register to him/her as separated, divorced, or widowed, depending of the case, but never as a single person.</p>
<p>If the answer is "living with a partner or in union" or "married", continue with question 27 "Partner's identification". For separated, divorced, widowed, or single persons pass to question 28 "Work".
