marital status
noun
: the state of being married or not married
—used on official forms to ask if a person is married, single, divorced, or widowed
Please enter your marital status.
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But what this incident has not ruined is Louise’s desirability, despite her marital status.
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David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
However, stratified analyses indicated that marital status impacted dementia risk consistently, regardless of a person’s education, depression level, or genetic risk factors (e.g., APOE-e4 status).
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Mothers include information about their age, race, marital status, level of education and home address in nearly every state, making demographic comparisons possible.
—Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025
Looking at whether marital status, health literacy, depression and social factors contributed to being overweight or obese, a team led by Alicja Cicha-Mikołajczyk from the National Institute of Cardiology pried out some interesting numbers.
—New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
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David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
However, stratified analyses indicated that marital status impacted dementia risk consistently, regardless of a person’s education, depression level, or genetic risk factors (e.g., APOE-e4 status).
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Mothers include information about their age, race, marital status, level of education and home address in nearly every state, making demographic comparisons possible.
—Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025
Looking at whether marital status, health literacy, depression and social factors contributed to being overweight or obese, a team led by Alicja Cicha-Mikołajczyk from the National Institute of Cardiology pried out some interesting numbers.
—New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Marital status.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marital%20status. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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