[jira] [Commented] (OFBIZ-10921) Marital Status not managed properly in Person entity

["Paul Foxworthy (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Paul Foxworthy commented on OFBIZ-10921:
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Of course how this attribute will be used will vary from one OFBiz implementation to another. It may be necessary and appropriate to ask this question and expect one of these answers for a specific system.

But I am uncomfortable about the assumptions and intrusiveness of this list. There are situations such as employment where it is discriminatory and illegal to ask this sort of question. I don't think the detailed legal status of a customer's relationship is relevant to a business trying to sell goods or services. Some indication of household status might be useful for demographics and marketing. If it's  clearer to a customer what you want to know and why, they would be more likely to answer the question.

So I suggest standard OFBiz demonstrates a different list along these lines:

Single (never married, separated, divorced, widowed)
Partnered (married or de facto)
Rather Not Say

 

> Marital Status not managed properly in Person entity
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-10921
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-10921
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: party
>    Affects Versions: Trunk
>            Reporter: Suraj Khurana
>            Assignee: Suraj Khurana
>            Priority: Major
>
> Currently, *maritalStatus* is managed as an indicator (Y/N) in *Person*
>  entity. I think we can enhance it and make it derived from *Enumeration*
>  pattern.
>  
>  *Classification of legal marital status*
>  
>     - 1 - Married (and not separated) ...
>     - 2 - Widowed (including living common law) ...
>     - 3 - Separated (and not Divorced) ...
>     - 4 - Divorced (including living common law) ...
>     - 5 - Single (including living common law)
> Please refer discussion over ML:
> [https://markmail.org/message/5b33qm3osy76if24]



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