Literal question
Marital Status
For people 12 years of age or older:
[Questions 8-11 are asked of people aged 12 or older.]
8. Does [the respondent] have a spouse or partner in the household? (PerEC01)
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (go to q. 11)
9. Who is it? (PerEC02)
(No. of person) _ _
10. What kind of union is it? (PerEC03)
[] 1 Civil ceremony (finish module)
[] 2 Consensual union with partner of the opposite sex (finish module)
[] 3 Consensual union with partner of the same sex (finish module)
Interviewer instructions
8.4 Marital Status
All of the questions of this module are directed towards people 12 years of age or older.
Does he/she have a spouse or partner in the household?
This question recognizes the partners in the interior of the household, in addition to those composed of the head of the household or reference person with his/her wife, if it corresponds.
The marital relation or partner is any type of union that implies cohabitation in the household interviewed, independently of the type of union (legal or de facto) and the sex of the people involved.
Select "yes" or "no" based on the informant's response.
Who is it?
If the response to the previous question was "yes" the system displays the list of the members of the household. Select the spouse or partner from the list.
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If the person declares that the couple is a member of the household of the same sex, note the information just as for couples of the opposite sex.
What kind of union is it?
This question applies only to the people that declared having a spouse or partner in the interviewed household.
With respect to the couple there can be three situations:
Civil union
Consensual union with partner of the opposite sex
Consensual union with partner of the same sex
