Literal question
<span class="h2">Individual form</span></p>
<p>P13. Marital status</p>
<div class="i1">State if:<br /><br />[] 0 Widowed (not remarried)<br />[] 1 Divorced (not remarried)<br />[] 2 Separated<br />[] 3 Married religiously and civilly<br />[] 4 Married religiously only<br />[] 5 Married civilly only<br />[] 6 In a union but not married religiously or civilly<br />[] 7 Single (never married)<br />[] 8 Unmarried parent<br />[] 9 Other - specify____</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">6. Population census topics and their usefulness</span></p>
<p><span class="em">P13 - Marital status</span>
<br />Marital status is essential for the analysis of other characteristics of the population, and also for planning of services needed by special groups such as single-parent families and elderly widowed persons living alone.</p>
<p><span class="h1">8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire</span></p>
<p><span class="em">P13 - Marital status</span>
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<p>Shade the appropriate box. Please note that:</p>
<div class="i1">- 0 Widowed (not remarried) applies to a person who is widowed and has not remarried;<br />- 1 Divorced (not remarried) applies to a person who has legally obtained a divorce and has not remarried;<br />- 2 Separated applies to a person who is living separately from his/her spouse (wife or husband) and no divorce has been obtained;<br />- 3 Married religiously and civilly applies to a person who is currently married both religiously and civilly;<br />- 4 Married religiously only applies to a person who is currently married religiously only;<br />- 5 Married civilly only applies to a person who is currently married civilly only;<br />- 6 In a union but not married religiously or civilly applies to a person who is living in a free union with another, without being married religiously or civilly;<br />- 7 Single (never married) applies to a person who has never been married religiously or civilly and has never lived in a free union;<br />- 8 Unmarried Parent<br />- 9 Other - for persons, who do not fall in any of the above categories; give details in the adjacent boxes.</div><p>"Widowed" and "Separated" can apply to a person who had been previously married, either civilly or religiously, and also to a person who had been in a free union. However, "Divorced" can apply only to a person who had been married civilly, or civilly as well as religiously.
<br />If more than one response applies, shade the box that shows the marital status most closely as at Census Night. For instance if a divorced person is living in a free union with another person, then his/her marital status should be recorded as "6 - In a union but not married religiously or civilly" but not as "1 - Divorced (not remarried)".
