Alternate Name	Item#	Length	Source of Standard	Column #
Marital Status at Initial Diagnosis (pre-96 CoC) Marital Status at Diagnosis (SEER/CoC)	150	1	SEER	176-176

Description
Code for the patient's marital status at the time of diagnosis for the reportable tumor. If the patient has multiple tumors, marital status may be different for each tumor.

Rationale
Incidence and survival with certain cancers vary by marital status. The item also helps in patient identification.

Codes

1	Single (never married)
2	Married (including common law)
3	Separated
4	Divorced
5	Widowed
6	Unmarried or Domestic Partner (same sex or opposite sex, registered or unregistered, other than common law marriage)
9	Unknown