Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">F4. Only for people at least 15 years old.</span></p>
<p><span class="em">45. Civil or marital status</span>
<br />On the census form, the question about civil or marital status is closed-ended and allows only one answer. Mark the appropriate circle or bubble.
<br />Civil or marital status means each person's circumstance in relation to the laws or customs regarding marriage. The civil or marital status categories are:</p>
<div class="i1">1. Single: This is a person who has never had a civil or religious marriage and has never been in a domestic partnership.<br />2. Married: This is someone who has had a civil and/or religious marriage and currently lives in that state.<br />3. Domestic partner or cohabiting partner: This is someone currently in a stable relationship with their partner without having a legal marriage.<br />4. Separated: This is someone who entered into a legal marriage or a domestic partnership but does not currently live in that state because of the couple's de facto separation.<br /><span class="pg">[p. 19]</span><br />5. Divorced: This is someone who entered into a legal marriage but does not currently live in that state because the couple has separated legally, i.e., through a judicial decree.<br />6. Widowed: This is someone who lost their spouse or domestic partner through death and who at the time of the census has not remarried or formed a new domestic partnership.</div>
