Marital status
[Questions 24 - 25: Persons age 12 or older]
24. What is [the respondent's] marital status?
[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
Categories
Value
Category
1
Never married
2
Married
3
Widowed
4
Divorced
9
NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
Q24 "What is [the respondent's] marital status?" Continuing with the first person listed "Person 01" 12 years old or over, ask question 24.
Never assume a person's marital status.
Be sure to differentiate between never married, divorced and widowed.
Shade the number corresponding to the respondents answer.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.