Literal question
<span class="h3">III. Personal characteristics</span></p>
<p>Now I am going to ask you about (name): ________
<br />Copy the name of the person from section II</p>
<p><svar v="MX10A449 MX10A450 MX10A451 MX10A452 MX10A453 MX10A454 MX10A455 MX10A456 MX10A457 MX10A458 MX10A459 MX10A460 MX10A461 MX10A462 MX10A463 MX10A464 MX10A465 MX10A466 MX10A467 MX10A468 MX10A469 MX10A470 MX10A471"><span class="em">For person age 12 or older</span><br />[Questions 24-35 were asked of persons age 12 or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A449">24. Marital status<br />Currently, [the respondent]:<br /><div class="i1">Read the options until you receive an affirmative answer and then circle only one code.<br /><br />[] 1 Cohabits with his/her partner [free union]<br />[] 2 Is separated (go to 26)<br />[] 3 Is divorced (go to 26)<br />[] 4 Is widowed (go to 26)<br />Is married:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 5 Married in a civil ceremony only<br />[] 6 Married in a religious ceremony only<br />[] 7 Married in both civil and religious ceremonies</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 8 Is single (go to 26)</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">6.5 Section III. Characteristics of the people</span></p>
<p>In this section the information of the people who inhabit the dwelling, like the sex, age, level of studies, income, among others, is obtained.</p>
<p>Before requesting the information for each person, copy all the names in the spaces designated for them, and for each person start with the phrase: "Now I'm going to ask about (mention the name of the person you previously noted)", so that the informer knows about whom you will be asking the information.</p>
<p><svar v="MX10A449 MX10A450 MX10A451 MX10A452 MX10A453 MX10A454 MX10A455 MX10A456 MX10A457 MX10A458 MX10A459 MX10A460 MX10A461 MX10A462 MX10A463 MX10A464 MX10A465 MX10A467 MX10A468 MX10A469 MX10A470 MX10A471"><span class="em">For persons age 12 or older</span><br />[Questions 24-35 are for persons age 12 or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A449"><span class="em">24. Marital status</span><br />This question finds out if the person actually lives in a free union or if he/she is married, single, widowed, separated, or divorced.<br /><br />Ask the question even if the person is young, to avoid omitting adolescent unions or marriages.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 107]</span><br /><br />When the informer mentions that at some time the person was married or in a free union, register him/her as separated, divorced, or widowed, according to the case, but never as a single person.<br /></svar>
