Interviewer instructions
Marital Status
Column 12
This regards finding out the marital status of all people, men or women, 12 years old or above in the census moment.
To clear up any possible doubt, the following definitions should be kept in mind:
1. A person civilly and religiously married is one who has entered into marriage in accordance with the civil law and by any religion, and lives with their spouse; that is to say, that has not been widowed, nor has divorced or separated.
2. A person who is civilly married only is one who has entered into marriage only by law and who lives with their spouse; that is to say, that has not been widowed, nor has divorced or separated.
3. A person religiously married only is one who has entered into marriage only by religion and who lives with their spouse; that is to say, that has not been widowed, nor has annulled their marriage, nor has separated.
4. A person who lives in a consensual union is one who lives a marriage-like life with another person as if they were married, without having entered into a civil or religious marriage.
5. A widow is one who has lost their spouse or companion to death, and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.
6. A divorced person is one who, having been civilly married, separated themselves by way of a divorce decree dictated by the competent authority, and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.
7. A separated person is one who lives separately from their spouse or companion after having been married or having lived habitually with another person as if they were married.
8. A single person is one who has never been married and has never lived habitually with another person as if they were married (consensual union).
