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Married, single, divorced, and widowed are examples of civil status. Civil status and marital status are terms used in forms, vital records, and other documents to ask or indicate whether a person is married or single. In the simplest contexts, no further distinction is made.
Single women are sometimes called bachelorettes, especially in festive contexts in American English. However, the historic term for unwed women is spinster. The connotations of the word spinster have changed so much over time that it is now considered a derogatory term. The Oxford English Dictionary says in its usage notes for the word:
Be unmarried or considered unmarried at the end of the year Have paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the tax year (either one's own home or the home of a qualifying parent) Usually have a qualifying person who lived with the head in the home for more than half of the tax year unless the qualifying person is a dependent parent
Filing as single means you are unmarried, divorced or legally separated. Filing as head of household means you are unmarried and have at least one qualifying dependent.
SmartAsset: Single vs. Married Tax Filers One big change that comes with marriage is how you report withholdings. Normally, you fill out your W-4 to reflect how many total exemptions you can take.
Unmarried taxpayers enjoy wider tax brackets and so pay less tax on the same amount of income. [ 11 ] Certain taxpayers, who would otherwise be considered married but file separately, maintain a household for a child and have a spouse not a member of the household for the last six months of the taxable year shall be considered unmarried.
As part of the marriage gap, unmarried people are "considerably more liberal" than married people. [1] [failed verification] With little variation between professed moderates, married people respond to be conservative 9 percent more, and single people respond to be liberal 10 percent more.
At Sparta, men unmarried after a certain age were subject to various penalties (Ancient Greek: ἀτιμία, atimía): they were forbidden to watch women's gymnastics; during the winter, they were made to march naked through the agora singing a song about their dishonor; [3] and they were not provided with the traditional respect due to the ...