Literal question
[Questions P00-P20 were asked for persons in both the household and non-household populations.]
Marital status: Answer for persons 12 years and older.
P10. What is [the respondent's] current marital status?
[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Informal/consensual union/living together
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
Interviewer instructions
P10. Marital status: What is (name)'s current marital status?
Question P10 is to be asked of persons who are 12 years or older. Six categories, "never married", "informal/consensual union/living together", "married", "separated", "divorced", "widowed", have been provided. The answer that is given must refer to the respondent's marital status as at Census Night.
Never married - Write code 1 in the box for persons who have never been married.
Informal/consensual union/living together - Write 2 in the box for a relationship contracted by two adults who are living together without civil or traditional recognition.
Married - Enter code 3 in the appropriate box for persons who, at the reference time (26th September, 2010) had marriage partners whether they were staying in the same house or not. "Married" includes persons in all types of marriages e.g. ordinance (court, church), customary and Islamic.
Occasionally, you may come across a respondent who has been divorced or widowed before his or her present marriage. You must treat such a person as married.
Separated - Enter code 4 for all persons who because of a dispute or other reasons are no longer staying as "married partners" but whose marriage has not been declared customarily or legally dissolved. Note that the fact that the two married partners are not staying in the same house does not necessarily mean that the two are separated. Normally, a "separated" person has his/her case before the "elders of one of the families" or before a law court. A separation need not lead to a divorce.
Divorced - Enter code 5 for all persons who at the reference time have had their marriage formally annulled - either in court or by custom and have not remarried.
Widowed Enter code 6 for persons who at the reference time had lost their marriage partners through death and had not remarried.
