What does marital status mean?

Definitions for marital status
mar·i·tal sta·tus

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. marital statusnoun

    the condition of being married or unmarried

Wiktionary

  1. marital statusnoun

    One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other.

Wikipedia

  1. Marital status

    Civil status, or marital status, are the distinct options that describe a person's relationship with a significant other. Married, single, divorced, and widowed are examples of civil status. Civil status and marital status are terms used in forms, vital records, and other documents to ask or indicate whether a person is married or single. In the simplest contexts, no further distinction is made. A status of married means that a person was wed in a manner legally recognized by their jurisdiction. A person's specified civil status might also be married if they are in a civil union or common-law marriage. The civil status of a person who is legally separated is married. Whether a cohabiting couple (such as in a domestic partnership) have a civil status of "married" depends on the circumstances and the jurisdiction. In addition to those who have never married, single status applies to people whose relationship with a significant other is not legally recognized. Questions about civil status appear on questionnaires for quantitative research, such as census forms and market research instruments. In a person's medical history, civil status is considered to have both quantitative and qualitative significance. A government records the civil status of its citizens by means of a civil registration system. Historically, inquiries into marital status have appeared on applications for employment, loans, and credit. Familial status indicates whether a person is the responsible caregiver for a child.

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  1. marital status

    Marital status refers to the legally defined relational status of an individual in terms of being single, married, divorced, widowed, separated or in a civil partnership. It often has implications on legal, social, and financial matters. It is usually a category used in forms to identify a person's relationship situation for demographic, legal or administrative purposes.

Wikidata

  1. Marital status

    A person's marital status indicates whether the person is married. Questions about marital status appear on many polls and forms, including censuses. The question has historically also appeared in job applications and credit card applications and similar contexts, though the practice is increasing regarded as anachronistic as an answer would normally not be relevant to the consideration of the merits of an application, and may in fact be considered unlawful discrimination in some countries. In the simplest sense, the only possible answers are "married" or "single". Some unmarried people object to describing themselves by a simplistic term "single", and often other options are given, such as "divorced", "widowed", widow or widower, "cohabiting", "civil union", "domestic partnership" and "unmarried partners". In some cases, knowing that people are divorced, widowed, or in a relationship is more useful than simply knowing that they are unmarried. The category of "married" would also cover the situation of the person being "separated". In many cases people who are in a committed co-habiting relationship may describe themselves as married, and some laws require them to do so.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Marital Status

    A demographic parameter indicating a person's status with respect to marriage, divorce, widowhood, singleness, etc.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of marital status in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of marital status in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of marital status in a Sentence

  1. Fabrice Devanlay:

    She's a woman who went from top model to singer and actress, and from champagne socialist to wife of a right-wing president, sure there's a risk, because she is marked by the political side of her marital status, but her international celebrity is an incredible driver for the visibility of our campaign.

  2. Rumbold Seidelman:

    The bigger issue will be challenges to the parentage of the nongenetically connected parent who is relying on their marital status to secure their parentage.

  3. Christie Brinkley:

    Did you ever notice when you read a magazine profile on a woman usually the first paragraph will include her age and often marital status and dating or marital history, these are barely if ever mentioned in a profile on a man. The implications and rules are limitations so yeah maybe we do have to keep proving ourselves, and break the rules and stereotype.

  4. Steven Hooker:

    Due to the very low levels of health-enhancing physical activity accumulated by all of the demographic subgroups within the U.S., ongoing efforts should be made to encourage physical activity among all men regardless of race or marital status.

  5. Rachel Margolis:

    The older research was really looking at marital status and health at one point in time and taking a picture that was way too simple for our social world, one of the things this study does is look at the fact that partnership is varied, and partnership is not static.


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