[nights192]

Datashovel, man, I don't understand how being "separated" could be considered distinct from being married- it's a marital status. It's likely that they're not looking for that variable- 'married' is a binary value, why would one need to clarify?

[datashovel]

I don't claim to know all there is to know about marriage, or all the different laws / cultures of marriage in the world throughout the entire history of human civilization. But I guess I wasn't prepared to assume that all possible situations in the world (regardless of culture, continent, country, religion, etc...) can be boiled down precisely to either "married" or "not married" states of being.

I guess I would ask: Why not include the extra context to the question?