Literal question
<span class="h1">[Population census form]</span></p>
<p>12. Marital status _</p>
<div class="i1">Write as applicable:<br /><br />[] W - widowed (not remarried)<br />[] D - divorced (not remarried)<br />[] SEP - separated, whether legally or not<br />[] MRC - married religiously and civilly<br />[] MR - married religiously only<br />[] MC - married civilly only<br />[] C - in a union but not married religiously or civilly<br />[] S - single<br />[] UP - unmarried parent<br />[] OTHER - other, specify ____</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Column 12 - Marital status</span>
<br />Write as appropriate:</p>
<div class="i1">W- for a person who is widowed and has not remarried;<br />D- for a person who has legally obtained a divorce and has not remarried;<br />SEP- for a person who is living separately from his wife (or her husband) provided that no divorce has been obtained;<br />MRC- for a person who is currently married both religiously and civilly;<br />MR- for a person who is currently married religiously only;<br />MC - for a person who is currently married civilly only;<br />C- for a person who is living in a free union with another, without being married religiously or civilly;<br />S- for a person who has never been married religiously or civilly and has never lived in a free union;<br />UP- for an unmarried parent;<br />Other- for persons who do not fall in any of the above categories (specify).</div><p>Please note that widowed (W) and separated (SEP) can apply to a person who had been previously married, either civilly or religiously, and also to a person who had been in a free union. However, divorced (D) can apply only to a person who had been married civilly, or civilly as well as religiously.
