Literal question
<svar v="PE07A447 PE07A448"><span class="em">For people aged twelve or older</span><br />[Applies to questions 20-21]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A448">21. What is your current civil or marital status? (Circle only one number)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Cohabiting<br />[] 2 Separated<br />[] 3 Married<br />[] 4 Widowed<br />[] 5 Divorced<br />[] 6 Single</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="PE07A447 PE07A448"><span class="h3">For persons aged 12 and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 20-21]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A448"><span class="em">Question 21: What is your current civil or marital status?</span><br />Take into account the civil or marital status of the respondent on Census Day.<br />If the respondent and his/her partner claim a different civil status, politely ask again in order to determine the correct civil status.<br /><span class="ital">Example</span>: If the respondent states that he/she divorced a long time ago and is currently cohabiting, then circle option 1, "Cohabiting."<br /><span class="pg">[p. 59]</span><br /><span class="em">Cohabiting (de facto union)</span>. This is a person who lives with his/her partner without having married him/her in either a civil or religious ceremony.<br /><span class="em">Separated (from a marriage or co-habiting arrangement)</span>. This is a person who is separated from his/her partner and is not cohabiting or in a de facto relationship.<br /><span class="em">Married</span>. This is a person who married in a civil and/or religious ceremony and is living with his/her partner.<br /><span class="em">Widowed (from marriage or cohabitation)</span>. This is a person who has not remarried after the death of his/her spouse, nor has this person entered into a de facto union or cohabitation.<br /><span class="em">Divorced</span>. This is a person whose marriage bonds have been broken by a legal decree and who has not remarried and is not living in a de facto union or cohabiting.<br /><span class="em">Single</span>. This is a person who has never married or lived in a de facto union or cohabitation.<br /></svar>
