Literal question
<svar v="CO73A401 CO73A402 CO73A403 CO73A404 CO73A405 CO73A406 CO73A407 CO73A408 CO73A409 CO73A410 CO73A411 CO73A412 CO73A413 CO73A414 CO73A431 CO73A432"><span class="h2">A. General characteristics (for all the persons in the household).</span><br />[Applies to questions 1 - 9]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A404"><span class="em">5. What is his/her current marital status?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Consensual union<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Separated or divorced<br />[] 4 Single<br />[] 5 Widowed</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CO73A401 CO73A402 CO73A403 CO73A404 CO73A405 CO73A406 CO73A407 CO73A408 CO73A409 CO73A410 CO73A411 CO73A412 CO73A413 CO73A414 CO73A431 CO73A432"><span class="h3">Section A. General characteristics</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Section A. General characteristics will be filled out for all the persons of a census household who spent the night of October 23 to 24 in the dwelling.<br /><br />Do not forget to include newborns, minors and the elderly.<br />[Applies to questions 1 - 9]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A404"><span class="em">Question No. 5. Current marital state</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Mark with an "x" the box that corresponds to the civil state of the person at the moment of the Census. Remember that the different alternatives are exclusive; therefore, you should not mark more than one of them.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 42]</span><br /><br />Read the question and the alternatives in their order until obtaining an affirmative response.<br /><br />For minors mark with an "x" the box "single".<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Consensual union</span>: Persons are found in free union who without existing civil or religious matrimonial ties, live in marital union and are a family.<br /><br /><span class="em">Married</span>: They are persons who have been civilly or religiously legally married and live in this state at the moment of the census.<br /><br /><span class="em">Single</span>: Persons are considered single who never have married and do not live in free union.<br /><br /><span class="em">Widowed</span>: They are persons who were married or in free union and have not married again and do not live in free union after the death of their companion.<br /><br /><span class="em">Separated or divorced</span>: In this category are included:</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">a. - Persons who having lived in free union, at the moment of the census do not live with their companion.<br /><br />b. - Persons married civilly and/or religiously, but who at the moment of the Census do not live with their companion<br /><br />c. - Persons whose marriage was dissolved by legal means and have not married again or live in free union.</div><br /><br />Do not write down as separate of divorced persons who have to separate occasionally for reasons of work, vacation, sickness, etc.<br /></svar>
