De facto marital status
Definition:
Has been defined as derivative, based on the: legal marital status, relationships character the given person lives in, i.e. based on information in the relations with the head/reference person of the household and mutual connection between the surveyed persons.
The following categories of de facto marital status has been defined:
— single,
— married — in the light of secular or canon law and in actual status of marriage,
— cohabitant (partner) (living in the same household — irrespective of their legal marital status),
— widowed,
— divorced,
— separated — it is related to persons:
— remaining in a legal separation and not creating relationships (cohabitations) with other persons,
— legally married but not creating a marriage and not creating relationships (cohabitations) with other persons.