Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

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The population may be divided into different groups by conjugal status ¹, marital status ¹ or marital condition ¹. Single ² persons, bachelors ³ (men) and spinsters ⁴ (women), are those who have never been married; they are also sometimes called the never-married ² class. The class of married persons ⁵, married men ⁶ and married women ⁷, consists of those who have been married and whose marriages have not been dissolved (513-3). All persons except single persons are ever-married persons ⁸.

• 2. A synonym is celibate, adj. - celibacy, n.: the state of being single.

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