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Descriptor English: Marital Status
Descriptor Spanish: Estado Civil
Descriptor estado civil
Entry term(s) estado matrimonial
situación matrimonial
Scope note: Parámetro demográfico que indica el estado de una persona con respecto al matrimonio, divorcio, viudedad, soltería, etc.
Descriptor Portuguese: Estado Civil
Descriptor French: Situation de famille
Entry term(s): Currently Married
Ever Married
Married, Currently
Status, Marital
Tree number(s): F01.829.263.315.500
I01.240.361.500
I01.880.853.150.423.500
N01.224.361.500
N01.824.308.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017533
Scope note: A demographic parameter indicating a person's status with respect to marriage, divorce, widowhood, singleness (SINGLE PERSON), etc.
Annotation: a demographic & statist concept: differentiate from MARRIAGE, a sociol & anthropol concept; includes marital state, divorce, widowhood, singleness
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Marriage (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93; was see MARRIAGE 1990-92
Online Note: use MARRIAGE to search MARITAL STATUS 1990-92
History Note: 93; was see MARRIAGE 1990-92
Related: Conjugal Status DeCS
DeCS ID: 30663
Unique ID: D017533
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2024/07/30
Marital Status - Preferred
Concept UI M0026591
Scope note A demographic parameter indicating a person's status with respect to marriage, divorce, widowhood, singleness (SINGLE PERSON), etc.
Preferred term Marital Status
Entry term(s) Status, Marital
Currently Married - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0013051
Preferred term Currently Married
Entry term(s) Married, Currently
Ever Married - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0013053
Preferred term Ever Married



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