ndex:MaritalStatusCodeSimpleType
simpleType MaritalStatusCodeSimpleType in namespace http://release.niem.gov/niem/codes/ndex/5.0/
Definition
A data type for a code that identifies marital status.
Diagram
Enumerations
| Value | Definition |
| ANNULLED | A PERSON WHOSE PREVIOUS MARRIAGE IS CONSIDERED TO NEVER HAVE EXISTED, BEEN DEEMED NULL THROUGH DECLARATION OF NULLITY. |
| COHABITATING | A COUPLE THAT IS ATTACHED, YET UNMARRIED WITH EACH OTHER. |
| DIVORCED | A COUPLE WHO PREVIOUSLY LIVED TOGETHER AND WAS PREVIOUSLY BOUND BY A CONTRACT BEFORE THE STATE OR THE CHURCH WITH LEGAL AGE. EXCLUDES ANNULLED MARRIAGES. |
| ENGAGED | A PERSON WHO HAS PROMISED TO GIVE THEIR HAND IN MARRIAGE TO ANOTHER PERSON. |
| MARRIED | A COUPLE WHO LIVES TOGETHER AND IS BOUND BY A CONTRACT BEFORE THE STATE OR THE CHURCH WITH LEGAL AGE. |
| SEPARATED | LEGALLY BOUND DESPITE A MEMBER OF THE COUPLES NOT LIVING WITH THEM, NOT IN THE HOUSEHOLD. |
| SINGLE | A PERSON WHO IS UNMARRIED, OR UNATTACHED TO SOMEONE. |
| UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| WIDOWED | A PERSON WHOSE SPOUSE IS DEAD. |
XML Schema
<xs:simpleType name="MaritalStatusCodeSimpleType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
A data type for a code that identifies marital status.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:restriction base="xs:token">
<xs:enumeration value="ANNULLED">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
A PERSON WHOSE PREVIOUS MARRIAGE IS CONSIDERED TO NEVER HAVE EXISTED, BEEN DEEMED NULL THROUGH DECLARATION OF NULLITY.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
<xs:enumeration value="COHABITATING">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
A COUPLE THAT IS ATTACHED, YET UNMARRIED WITH EACH OTHER.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
<xs:enumeration value="DIVORCED">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
A COUPLE WHO PREVIOUSLY LIVED TOGETHER AND WAS PREVIOUSLY BOUND BY A CONTRACT BEFORE THE STATE OR THE CHURCH WITH LEGAL AGE. EXCLUDES ANNULLED MARRIAGES.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
<xs:enumeration value="ENGAGED">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
A PERSON WHO HAS PROMISED TO GIVE THEIR HAND IN MARRIAGE TO ANOTHER PERSON.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
<xs:enumeration value="MARRIED">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
A COUPLE WHO LIVES TOGETHER AND IS BOUND BY A CONTRACT BEFORE THE STATE OR THE CHURCH WITH LEGAL AGE.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
<xs:enumeration value="SEPARATED">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
LEGALLY BOUND DESPITE A MEMBER OF THE COUPLES NOT LIVING WITH THEM, NOT IN THE HOUSEHOLD.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
<xs:enumeration value="SINGLE">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
A PERSON WHO IS UNMARRIED, OR UNATTACHED TO SOMEONE.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
<xs:enumeration value="UNKNOWN">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
UNKNOWN</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
<xs:enumeration value="WIDOWED">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
A PERSON WHOSE SPOUSE IS DEAD.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>