Literal question
<span class="h2">Section F. Characteristics of the persons</span></p>
<p><span class="h3">For persons 12 years old or more</span>
<br />[Question 17 was asked of persons aged 12 years or older]</p>
<p>17. What is your current marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Consensual union<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Separated<br />[] 4 Divorced<br />[] 5 Widowed<br />[] 6 Single</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">For persons 12 years old and older</span>
<br />[Questions 17 was asked of persons aged 12 years or older]</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 17: What is your current marital status?</span>
<br />Read each of the alternatives that appear in the form, and mark the corresponding box.</p>
<p>You should take into account that we want to register the conjugal status of the persons at the census moment, independent of the legal situation.</p>
<div class="i1">1. <span class="ital">Consensual union</span>: This is the conjugal union that exists between two persons without having contracted civil nor religious marriage.<br /><br />2. <span class="ital">Married</span>: This is the person who has contracted marriage according to the civil law or by any religion.<br /><br />3. <span class="ital">Separated</span>: This is the person with marital ties, who does not currently live with his or her spouse nor in consensual union with another person.<br /><br />4. <span class="ital">Divorced</span>: This is the person who ended the marital tie through judicial sentence, and who has not remarried.<br /><br />5. <span class="ital">Widow</span>: This is the person who after the death of his or her spouse has not remarried nor lives in consensual union with another person.<br /><br />6. <span class="ital">Single</span>: This is the person who has never contracted marriage, nor lives in a consensual union with any person.</div><span class="pg">[pg.54]</span>
