Interviewer instructions
According to the “Mongolian Law on Marriage”, the age of marriage has defined as 18, but in reality, there are many instances who has been married when they were under age of 18. In the international methodology for the population census, the age of marriage is 15. The enumerator should ask the question about marriage very gently, especially for the children at age of 15-16.
If teenager at age of 15-16 has married, the enumerator should complete the questionnaire their marriage as “not confirmed marriage”
A.Never married. Never married person age of 15 and over.
B.Legally registered or unregistered marriage. Legally registered marriage is whereby couples have registered with civic marital office and received the marriage certificate. Unregistered marriage is the marriage which has not been registered in the civic marital office /in any duration of period/ but already started living together.
C. Separated. Person who are not divorced legally but are living separately.
D.Divorced. Person who had not remarried for any duration of period after they got officially divorced.
E.Widowed. Person who had not remarried for any duration of period after their spouse had died.
