Vital Statistics - Death Database (CVSD)

Legal marital status of person, category

Legal marital status refers to the marital status of the person under the law (e.g., single, married, widowed). All persons aged less than 15 are considered as single.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

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