Literal question
<svar v="CR84A414 CR84A415">Only for those 10 years of age and older<br />[Applies to question 10 - 11]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR84A415">11. Marital Status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Consensual union<br />[] 2 Separated<br />[] 3 Married<br />[] 4 Widowed<br />[] 5 Divorced<br />[] 6 Single</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CR84A414 CR84A415"><span class="h2">Third block of questions: only for persons 10 years old or older</span><br /><br />The two questions that form this block should be asked only to persons who have ages of 10 years or more. If a person is found who is not this old, then you should cross out the whole block with diagonal crossed lines and go to the next person.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR84A415"><span class="h3">Question 11: Marital Status</span><br /><br />The objective of this question for census purposes is to get the marital situation of the persons in relation with the marriage laws and customs of the country.<br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 52]</span><br /><br />Ask this question in the following manner: "What is the current marital state?"<br /><br />Remember that it refers to the person about whom you are requesting information.<br /><br /> The question offers 6 possibilities of response: "United", "Separated", "Married", "Widowed", "Divorced" and "Single".<br /><br />{Types of Marital Status}<br /><br />Below we will review the 6 types of <span class="em">Marital Status</span> that you can find with reference to the census moment. We will try to make it so each concept is clear to you so that you carry out a correct enumeration.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1. Consensual union: A person who lives in marital state without having been legally married with someone they coexist with.<br />2. Separated: A person who lives separated from their spouse and does not live in a de facto union.<br />3. Married: A person who has been legally married and lives with the spouse, that is to say, who has not been widowed, nor has been divorced or separated.<br />4. Widowed: A person who after the death of their spouse has not been married again and does not live in a de facto union.<br />5. Divorced: A person who having dissolved their marriage by legal means has not married again and does not live in a de facto union.<br />6. Single: A person who has never been married and who does not live in a de facto union.</div><br /><br />If you find a person who says that their last or only marriage was annulled, classify them according to the marital state that they had before beginning the annulled marriage.<br /></svar>
