Literal question
[Questions 6 through 31 were asked of usual residents of the household.]</p>
<p><span class="h2">FOR PEOPLE AGED 12+ ONLY.</span></p>
<p><span class="em">27. What is (the person)?s marital status?</span><div class="i1">[] Single<br />[] Married<br />[] Living together as married partners<br />[] Divorced/Separated<br />[] Widowed</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Questions Only For People With 7 Years And Older</span></p>
<p><span class="em">P27. Which is your marital status?</span>
<br />Read each question and answer choices.
<br />Keep in mind that:</p>
<div class="i1">- Single is a person of either sex who never married or lived in marital union. Mark X in box number 1;<br />- Married is the person who has contracted a civil or religious marriage and lives with her spouse. Mark X in box 2;<br />- Marital Unions is the person who has been cohabiting with his spouse, or according to local custom. Mark X in box 3;<br />- Divorced or Separated is the person who was married or lived as husband and now it is in a dissolution of marriage (by the law or not). Mark X in box number 4. If the person had remarried, you should consider it as married or under the Marital Union, as appropriate.<br />- A widower is a person who was married and is no longer due to the death of a spouse. Mark X in box number 5. If that person had remarried after the death of a spouse , then you should declare it as married or under the Marital Union, as appropriate.</div>
