Enum: MaritalStatus
URI: [bican:MaritalStatus](https://identifiers.org/brain-bican/vocab/MaritalStatus)
## Permissible Values
| Value | Meaning | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| never married | NCIT:C51774 | A person who has never been married or whose only marriages have been annulle... |
| married | NCIT:C51773 | A person currently joined in matrimony |
| domestic partnership | NCIT:C53262 | A person who is a member of an unmarried couple, including same sex couples, ... |
| divorced | NCIT:C51776 | A person whose marriage has been legally dissolved and has not remarried |
| separated | NCIT:C156541 | A person living apart from his/her spouse by legal arrangement |
| widowed | NCIT:C51775 | A person who is no longer married because of the death of his/her spouse and ... |
## Slots
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [marital_status](marital_status.md) | Donor's marital or partner status |
## Identifier and Mapping Information
### Schema Source
* from schema: https://w3id.org/brain-bican/donor
## Mappings
| Mapping Type | Mapped Value |
| --- | --- |
| self | bican:marital_status |
| native | bican:marital_status |
| exact | bican:4f0e41c9-dd15-4a37-ae6b-11b7131d7cba, NIMP:PD-JCYJCN35 |
## LinkML Source
name: marital_status
from_schema: https://w3id.org/brain-bican/donor
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
never married:
text: never married
description: A person who has never been married or whose only marriages have
been annulled.
meaning: NCIT:C51774
married:
text: married
description: A person currently joined in matrimony. Classify common law marriage
as married. Includes married couples living together and not living together.
meaning: NCIT:C51773
domestic partnership:
text: domestic partnership
description: A person who is a member of an unmarried couple, including same sex
couples, living together in longstanding relationships, that are registered
or unregistered.
meaning: NCIT:C53262
divorced:
text: divorced
description: A person whose marriage has been legally dissolved and has not remarried.
meaning: NCIT:C51776
separated:
text: separated
description: A person living apart from his/her spouse by legal arrangement.
meaning: NCIT:C156541
widowed:
text: widowed
description: A person who is no longer married because of the death of his/her
spouse and who has not remarried.
meaning: NCIT:C51775