Definition: Living arrangement

Category: Social statistics

The Census Recommendation names this variable de facto marital status, with this definition: The marital status of each individual in terms of his or her actual living arrangements.
The following classification is proposed:
 - Living with a legal spouse or registered partner
 - Living with a consensual partner 
 - Not living with a partner (legal or consensual).
Source:
Harmonisation of recommended core units, variables and classifications, 2000 Edition, Eurostat, p.10
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