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marital status

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Situation of a person according to their civil status as single, married (including living in a civil partnership or living in a de facto union/committed intimate relationship recognised by national law), widowed or divorced.

 

Additional notes and information

Sources

International Labour Organization – ILO (2007). ABC of Women Workers’ Rights and Gender Equality.

Relations

Related term:
family responsibilities, forced marriage, marriage migration
Narrower term:
cohabitation
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1283?lang=en
Filed under: 
Social affairs
Health
Social affairs
Society

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.