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A person's marital status describes their relationship with a significant other. Some common statuses are:

The number of children may also be specified and, in this case, becomes synonymous with family status. For example: married with no children. Marital status is often a question on censuses, credit card
Credit card

A credit card is part of a system of payments named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. It is a card entitling its holder to buy goods and services based on the holders promise to pay for these goods and services....
 applications, and many different polls. Marital status studied in combination with other factors reveals a marriage gap
Marriage gap

The marriage gap describes observed economic and political disparities between those who are Marriage and those who are Single person. The marriage gap can be compared to, and should not be confused with, the gender gap....
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A person's marital status describes their relationship with a significant other. Some common statuses are:
  • single
    Single (relationship)

    In Interpersonal relationship, a single person is one who is not marriage or in a Love relationship.Single people may engage in courtship to find a Domestic partner or spouse....
     - a person who is unmarried, or unattached to someone.
  • married- a couple who lives together and is bounded by a contract before the state or the church with legal age.
  • separated
    Legal separation

    Legal separation is a legal process by which a married couple may formalise a de facto separation whilst remaining legally married. A couple may obtain a legal separation, as an alternative to divorce, based on moral or religious objections to divorce....
     - one of the couples are not living with them, not in the household.
  • divorced
  • widowed - a person whose spouse is dead.
  • engaged
  • annulled
  • cohabitating
    Cohabitation

    Cohabitation is when people live together in an emotionally- and/or physically-intimate relationship. The term is most frequently applied to couples who are not married....
     - a couple that is attached, yet unmarried with each other.
  • deceased


The number of children may also be specified and, in this case, becomes synonymous with family status. For example: married with no children. Marital status is often a question on censuses, credit card
Credit card

A credit card is part of a system of payments named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. It is a card entitling its holder to buy goods and services based on the holders promise to pay for these goods and services....
 applications, and many different polls. Marital status studied in combination with other factors reveals a marriage gap
Marriage gap

The marriage gap describes observed economic and political disparities between those who are Marriage and those who are Single person. The marriage gap can be compared to, and should not be confused with, the gender gap....
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See also

  • Vital record
    Vital record

    Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificate, marriage license, and death certificate....