family status
Marital and dependent situation
Family status refers to a person's household situation—whether they're single, married, divorced, widowed, or have dependents.
The term appears most often in legal and workplace contexts, where discrimination based on family status is prohibited: The job listing noted that family status would not affect hiring decisions.
It encompasses both marital status and parental responsibilities.
- siblingBrother or sister
- only childPerson without siblings
- divorcedLegally ended marriage
- spouseMarried partner
- parentMother or father
childless · empty nester · single · cousin · adoptive parent · guardian · custody · child support · aunt · widowed · caregiver · filial piety · surrogate mother · legal guardian · clan identity · ancestral lineage · uncle · inheritance rights
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, divorce petitions, divorce law
- legal statuslegal capacity, personhood, legal entity, legal identity, legal standing
- geodemographicszip codes, postal codes, population density, income levels, median income
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- consumer insightspsychographics, demographics, behaviors, attitudes, values
- Protected Classesrace, color, religion, sex, national origin
family statusemployment status
One's job condition
employment history · work history · income level · citizenship status · criminal history
family statusclub membership
Enrollment in an organization
family, status, families, familial, familiar, familiarity, familiarize, familiarization, unfamiliar