marital status
Americannoun
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The researchers compared cancer rates by marital status, and by sex and race.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Data were weighted by education, age by gender, race/ethnicity, region, household income, household size, marital status, employment and smoking status to reflect population proportions.
From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026
A change in marital status can cause the future tax rate to change.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
After being elected to the California Senate in 1974, he helped write the state’s Housing Financial Discrimination Act, which prohibited financial institutions from discriminating based on race, religion, sex or marital status.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
The first thing he wanted to verify was Edith’s marital status.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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