Vital Statistics of the United States, 1971

I

VITAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES

19.71

VOLUME III-MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

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Rockville, Maqhand: 1975

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VITAL >TATlSTlCS OF THE UNITED STATES; 1971

VOLUME III-MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

A brief summary of the contents for each section is listed below for the con- venience of the reader. A complete table of contents is shown at the beginning of each section and is identified by a narrow black edge which can be located easily by fanning the pages. Each section is paged independently, using the section number as the identifying prefix.

Section 1. Marriages

For the United States: National trend data. Marriage totals and rates for each State, division, and region. Marriage totals for each county or county equivalent. Monthly marriage totals for each State, division, and region.

For the marriage-registration area: Marriages classified by major demographic characteristics of bride and groom and .by characteristics of marriages performed in each participating State; marriage. rates specific for sex, age, and previous marital status.

Section 2. Divorces

For the United States: National trend data. Divorce totals and rates for each State, division, and region. Divorce totals for each county or county equivalent. Trend of national totals of children involved in divorce.

For the divorce-registration area: For each participating State, divorces classified by major demographic characteristics of husband and wife, characteristics of their marriage, and’number of children.

Section 3. Puerto Rico and Viin Islands (U.S.)

Marriage and- divorce totals for each county or county equivalent. Marriages classified by major demographic characteristics of bride and jcroom. For Virgin Islands only, divorces and annulments classified by characteristics of husband and wife, duration of ‘marriage, and number of children.

Section 4. Technical Appendix

Historical and contemporary sources of marriage and divorce statistics, design of the samples of marriages and divorces and annulments, variability of sample estimates, .and uniformity and completeness of the reporting forms and the collected data. Tables of the population estimates used as bases for rates.

Guide to tables in Section l-Marriages

[Data are for marriages occurring in the United States. Data for geographic areas are by place of occurrence]

TABLE: 1

PAGE: 1

Geographic area: Divisions----------------------

Marriage-registration area-----

Regions-----.--.---------..----

Registration States------------

All States----..---------------

Unit& State*------.--..--.----

Years : 1920.712---------L-------------

Type of entry: Number of marriages------------

Marriage rates..---------------

Percentage distribution--------

kharacteristics: Age at marriage:

Single-year age groups-------

s-year age groups------------

10-year age groups-----------

First and third quartiles------

Mean or median age or both-----

Color--------------------------

Marriage order: A~~harriages--...--.--------

Fir-t marriages--------..----

Remarriages----:-------------

Month marriage was performed---

Previous marital status--------

Resident StatLlS----------------

ITotal of 22 selected States. f-L!nited States only.

-7 1 -8 1 -8 .I -9 1 -10 1 -11 1 -12

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JMarrlage-reglstratlon area only. 4With percent changes from precedini: year. =With and without seasbnal adjustments.

Guide to tables in Section I- Marriages-Con.

[Frequencies only. Data are for marriages occurring in the United States in 1971. Data for geographic areas are by place of occurrence]

TABLE: 1

PAGE: 1

Geographic area: Counties--------------

Marriage-registration *Tea--------------..-

Registration States---

,,11 States ______...___

United States---------

Characteristics: Age at marriage:

Single-year age groups-------------

s-year age groups---

10-year age groups--

Color-----------------

Day of week marriage was performed--------

Marriage order: All marriages-------

First marriages-----

Remarriages---------

Month marriage was perf,,,.",ed---me-------

Nativity status-------

Number of the marriage

Resident status-------

"For brides only. =For groolns only.

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-22 -23

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-24

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21

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30 31 32 34 35 36

Guide to tables in Section 2 -Divorces

[Data are for divorces and annulments occurring in the United States. OCCUrR*CC?]

Data for geographic areas are by place of

Geographic area:

TABLE: 2 -1 -2 -3 -4 -S -6 -7 -8 -9 -10

PAGE: 2 -5 -6 -7 -8 -8 -8 -9 -9 -9 -9

an*ulaents------------------;----------------~-----~-----~-~-~

Number of children involved in divorces and annulments--------

Percent distribution of divorces and annulments---------------

Rates pc.* 1,000 population------------------------------------

Rates per 1,000 children under 18 yetlrs of age----------------

Duration of larriage------------------------------------------

Median a@ at time of decree and at time of marriage----------*

Number of children reported-..--...---..----..----------------

'With percent changes from preceding year. 'Median duration.

Guide to tables in Section Z- DivorcesXon.

[Frequencies only. Data are for divorces and annulments occurring in the United States in 1971. Data for geographic areas are by place of occurrence]

PAGE: 2

Geographic area: Counties-----------------------------------

Divorce-registration area------------------

Registration States------------------------

*11 states---------------------------------

United States------------------------------

Characteristics: Age at f--me of decree--;-------------------

Age at time of marriage-----------------~--

Duration of marriage-----------------------

Month marriage performed-------------:-----

Number of children reported----------l----- 16 17

Number of this marriage at time of decree-- 14

Race--------------------------------------- 13

Guide to Tables in Section 3-Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

[Data by area of occurrence]

TABLE: 3 -1

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PAGE:. 3 -3

Geographic area: Puerto Rico-------------------------- 1

Virgin Islands----------------------- 1

County equivalents-------------------

Years: 1940-71------------------------------ 1

1971---------------------------------

Type of event: Marriages---------------------------- 1

Divorces and annulments-------------- 1

Type of data: Area totals-------------------------- 1

-Frequencies-----.---------------------

Rates-------------------------------- 1

Characteristics of marriages: Month of marriage--------------------

Day of week-----------..-..----e-------

Residence status---------------------

Marriage order-----------------------

First marriage of both---------------

Age----------------------------------

Previous marital status--------------

Number of this marriage--------------

Characteristics of divorces------------

Characteristics of divorcing spouses---

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Guide to Tables in Section 4-Technical Appendix

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TABLE: 4

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Central files of records established--------

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- Collection of data, 1867-1971---------------

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Growth of marriage- and divorce- registration areas-------------------------

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11 Population data-----------------------------

States reporting selected items-------------

Data completeness:

Comparison of items shown on State records with.those shown on standard records 1971--------------------------------I-----

Percent of not stated events for specified characteristics, 1971---------- .02

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Sample specifications and estimates: Number of sample records------------------

Estimated number of events----------------

Sampling rates----------------------------

Sampling errors of estimates--------------

l Marriages. 'Divorces.

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Symbols Used in Tables

Data not available -----------__--_________ ___ ’

Categorynotapplicable------------------- . . .

Quantity zero---------------------------- _

Quantitymcrethan 0 but less thanO.O5--- 0.0

Figure cloesnotmeet standards of reliability or precision------------------ *

Table .’ Page

l-l. Number of marriages and marriage rates with percent changes from preceding year: United States, 1920-71, and marriage-registration area, 1957-71------ 1-7

l-2. Marriage rates per 1,000 men and women 15 years of age and over: United states, 1940-71-----------------------------;----------~--------------- l-8

l-3. Marriage rates per 1,000 unmarried women 15 years of age and over and 15- 44 years of age: Unite&States, 1940-71 ------------------------------A-- l-8

l-4. Estimated number of marriages and marriage rates, by month, with and without seasonal adjustments: United States, 1962-71 ------------------------ 1-9

l-5. Marriages and marriage rates:. United States, each region, division, and State, x96,-,1 --:-------------,-------------------------------------------- l-10

l-6. Marriages by month: United States, marriage-registration area, each region, division, and State, 1971 - --_- ------ -_---_--_-------------- ------------ l-11

l-7. Marriage rates by previous marital status and age of bride and groom: &&rriqe-registration area, 1971 -_--_________ - ____-_-_--------- L ------ l-12

l-8. Medianage and first and third quartiles of age at marriage of bride and groom, by previous marital status of each partner: Marriage-registration area, 19.71 --------------;----------------------;-------------------------- l-12

1-9. Median and mean age of bride and groom at first-marriage of bofh, by’specified age of spouse: Marriage-registration area, 1971 --------------------- l-13

l-10. Percent distribution of marriages by previous marital status of bride and- groom: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 1971 ------ 1-13

l-11. Percent distribution of marriages by marriage order of bride and groom, by race: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 1971 -------- l-14

l-12. Percent distribution of marriages by month marriage performed, by marriage order and race of bride and groom: Marriage-registration area, 1971------ l-15

1-13. Percent distribution of marriages by resident status of bride by resident status of groom in State where married: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 1971 _-__ i- ____________ - ______ - _____ -_--_- _---- 1-16

1-14. Percent distribution of marriages by age at marriage and median age of bride and groom, by marriage order: Total of 22 selected States, 1962-71 ------- l-17

l-15. Marriages by marriage order, age, and race of bride and groom: Marriage- registration area, 1971 ------,-----,,------------1--------------------- l-18

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1-16. Remarriages by previous marital status, age, and race of bride and groom: Marriage-registration area, 1971 -------------------------------------- l-18

1-17. Marriages by marriage order and age of bride and groom: Each marriage- registration State, 1971------------- ------------ ---------- ------ - ------ 1-19

1-18. Marriages by age of bride, by age of groom: Marriage-registration area, 197’1 l-22

1-19. First mtiriages of both bride and groom, by age of bride, by age of groom: Marr-~e-registration area, 1971 ------------------------------ -------- l-22

l-20. Marriages by previous marital status and age of bride, by age of groom (all grooms and single grooms): Marriage-registration area, 1971 ------------ l-23

l-21. karriages by previous marital status and age of groom, by age of bride (all brides and single brides): Marriage-registration area, 1971 -------------- 1-24

l-22. Marriages by age of widowed and divorced brides, by age of widowed and divorced grooms: Marriage-registration area, 1971 --------------------- l-25

l-23. Marriages by age of bride, by age of groom, by color: Marriage-registration area, 1971 ________________________________________------------------ I-25

l-24. Marriages by previous marital status and race of bride and groom: Marriage- registration area and each registration State, 1971 ------------_--------- l-26

l-25. Marriages by previous marital status of bride by previous marital status of groom, by race: Marriage-registration area, 1971 ---------------------- l-29

l-26. Marriages by number of this marriage of bride and groom: Marriage- registration area and each registration State, 1971----------------------- 1-30

l-27. Marriages by marriage order and age of bride and groom, by month marriage performed: Marriage-registration area, 1971 ------__------------------- l-31

l-28. Marriages by marriage order and race of bride and groom, by month marriage performed: Marriage-registration area, 1971 --------------------------- i-32

l-29. Marriages by day of week marriage performed: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, lgQ’l---------------- -----_----------------- 1-33

l-30. Marriages by resident status of bride by resident status of groom in State where married: Marriage-registratibn area and each registration State, 1971 l-34

l-31. Marriages by marriage order and age of bride and grodm, by resident status of bride by resident status of groom in State where married: Marriage- registration area, 1971 -----_--____----------------------------------- l-35

l-32. Marriages by marriage order and age of bride and groom, by resident status in State where married: Marriage-registration area, 1971 ---------------- l-37

l-33. Marriages by marriage order of bride and groom, by.nativity status in State where married: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 1971 1-38

l-34. Marriages .by marriage order and nativity and resident status of bride and groom in State where.married: Marriage-registration area, 1971 --------- l-41

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l-35. Marriages by nativity and resident status of bride and groom in State where married: Each marriage-registration State, 1971 ------------------------ l-42

l-36. Marriages by previous marital status of bride and groom, by resident status in State where married: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 1971 --_____________-________________________------------------ l-47

l-37. Marriages: United States, each State and county, 1971 --------------------- l-52

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Sampling Variability of the Marriage Statistics

In the tables which present statistics based on data from probability samples of marriage records, .small frequencies have high sampling variability, which limits their usefulness. The sampling errors are shown in table 4-6 in the Technical Appendix. It is suggested that any number smaller than those shown be interpreted simply as “small” rather than as any more precise value. The true number would very probably be within 60 percent of the figure shown below. Figures for States shown as “zero” ‘indicate that all records were tabulated and thus data are not subject to sampling variability.

Marriage-registration area.. ........

Alabama.. .................................. Alaska ....................................... California ............ . ..................... Connecticut.. ............................. Delaware ................................... District

of Columbia ........................... Florida ...................................... Georgia ...................................... Hawaii ....................................... Idaho.. ....................................... Illinois ....................................... Indiana.. ................................. i .. Iowa .......................................... Kansas ....................................... Kentucky .................................. Louisiaua

(mcluding New Orleans). ........ Maine ........................................ Maryland ................................... Massachusetts ............................ Michigan.. ..................................

140

100 0

225 50

0

15 100 225

15

2:: 100

50 50

100

50 15

100 100 225

Minnesota.. ................................ Mississippi ................................. Missouri ..................................... Montana.. .................................. Nebraska ................................... New Hampshire.. ....................... New Jersey.. .............................. NeLv York

(including New York City). ... North Carolina .......................... Ohio.. ........................................ Oregon ...................................... Pennsylvania.. ............................ Rhode Islaud.. ........................... South Carolina .......................... South Dakota.. ................. . ........ Tennessee .................................. utah .......................................... Vermont .................................... Virginia ..................................... West Virginia ............................. Wisconsin .................................. Wyoming.. .................................

100 50

100 15 50 15

100

225 100 225

50 225

15 100

15 100

15 0

100

1:: 0

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SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES l-7

Table 1-i. Number of Marriages and Marriage Rates With Percent Changes From Preceding Year: United States, 1920-71, and Marriage-Regiskation Area, -1957-71

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PereeIlt =hange

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+1.5 40.6 +3.7 +7.* +5.8

+3.2 +4.s +4.3 +4.9 +I..9

+1.5 +1.9 +3.0 -4.4 -4.2

+5.5 +2.8 4.6 m.4 -3.0

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-13.1

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-1.9 -IL.0 +.%.5

+6..3 +l3.7

+5.5 -8.3

SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES

Table 1-2. Marriage Rates Per 1,000 Men and Women 15

Years of Age and Over: United States, 1940-71

25.* 26., 26.8 28.1 29.8

Table l-3. Marriage Rates Per 1,000 Unmarried Women

15 Years of .Age and Over and 15-44 Years of Age:

SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES 1-9

Table l-4. Estimated Number of Marriages and Marriage Rates, by Month, With and Without Seasonal Adjustments: United States, 1962-71

I rl.kmI~l..mwawl5-44~~arm mdjmtea *or SeFsOnaZ V~3.ation

1971-------------------------------------------- 1910-------------------------------------------- 1969-------------------------------------------- 1888------------------------------------------ 1967------------------------------------------ 1955------------------------------------------- 1965----------------------------------------- 19M------------------------------------------. =63------------------------------------------- 19sz--------------------------------------------

*quated *m 6eeswla. varistim 19,1---------------------------------.---------- 19,0-------------------------------------------- Be9 _______--___-___-__-________ - ___________-__ 19sB-------------------------------.---.-------- 196,-------------------------------------------- 196~------------------------------------------ 1965-------------------------------------------- 1964-------------------------------------------- 1961----------------------------------------. 1962-------------------------------------------

l-10 SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES .

Table 1-5. Marriages and Marriage Rates: United States, Each Region, Division, and State, 1967-71


Table 1-6. Marriages by Month: United States, Marriage-Registration Area, Each Region, Division, and State, 1971

y&-g* -_-_-___-------__--_-- -----__-- treat lJj.rgjnb --_- - ----____---_-----______ -- m&II car------------------------- Irnth car-a---------------------- ceolgia------------------------------------ ~~~~-------------------------------

Em* Bouti CentraL: ~-----.------------------------------- ~Faaac---------------------------------- Alnb*~------------------------------------ Hiso~Bsi~~---------------------------------

ilest Bough C&d drwsas (An)--------------------------- -~innn-----------------------------.--- m(w) _-----_--__-_-_ --_---- ----- Tuaa (in)---------------------- ----

Haunt*: HEmtsna------------------------------- Tdsllo---.-----------------------------

1-12 SECTION 1

Table l-7.. Marriage Rates by Previous Marital Status and

Age of Bride and Groom: Marriage-Registration Area,

MARRIAGES

Table l-8. Median Age and First and Third Quartiles of Age at Marriage of Bride and Groom, by Previous Marital Status of Each Partner: Marriage-Registration Area, 1971

[Bzaed OR sample data comp”t.4 on mab excluding figures for pr*“s marlhi ;het,s mt stated. Figurea for widowed and dims-ted exclnde d&a for Michigan and

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Table 1-9. Median and Mean Age of Bride and Grooni at First Marriage of Both, by Specified Age of Spouse: Mar’riage-Registration Area, 1971

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Table l-10. Percent Distribution of Marriages by Previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom: Marriage-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971

.&b&d 011 sample dnta; for *requencies, see tpble 1-x computed on totala exctUdill~ flaures for Dre”io”B mariM status no* St&al

l-14 SECTION 1 * MARRIAGES

Table l-11. Percent Distribution of Marriages by Marriage Order of Bride and Groom, by Race: Marriage-Registra- tion Area and Each Registration State, I971

%unp,e data. for freqoencies. see table l-24* computea on totals excluding ftts for masrtage order not atatecil [Basea 0

Bride croon

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SECTION 1 - MARRIAGE5 1-15

Table 1-12. Percent Distribution of Marriages by Month Marriage Performed, by Marriage Order and Race of Bride and Groom: Marriage-Registration Area, 1971

@ased (I” sample data; for freq”enclee. see table 1-28. Figures by ram exchde data for-California, -?dawam& Michigan, New YOa, ohlo. and parts of minois; see table 4-8.

I\ c&r races---

RwnFFiageB.-------------.-------.----------- w*------- nepa------ Gthcr xmceB---

1-16 SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES

Table l-13. Percent Distribution of Marriages by Resident Status of Bride by Resident Status of Groom in State

Where Married:Marriage-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971

SECTION 1 - MARFhAGES

Table 1-14. Percent Distribution of Marriages by Age at Marriage and Median Age of Bride and Groom, by

Marriage Order: Total of 22 Selected States, 1962-71

&&t. 20 yeus ____- - _-_-_ --- _____-- - ____ - __--_______-__ po-2,ysly*------------------------------------------ 25-a -~--------------------------------------------- w-34 -~------------------------------------------ 3546 yerv8------------------------------------------- &S-lj& yea+s--‘-------------------------------------------- 65 years en* wcT--------------------------------------


Table I-15. Marriages by Marriage Order, Age, and Race of Bride and Groom: [email protected] Area, 1971.

bed 00 FallpIe data Figures by race exCl”de data for Caluolnia. Maryhd, E&h. igall; mar York, Ohio, and parts of minoia. These mta are in*“ded in race wt stat* see table 4-9. Sectton q

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Table l-16. Remarriages by Previous Marital Status, Age, and Race of Bride and Groom: Marriage-Registration

251,115


Table l-17; Marriages by ivlarriage Order and Age of Bride and Groom: Each &rriage-Registration State;1971 d a

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l-20 SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES

Table l-17. Marriage& by Marriage Order and Age of Bride and Groom: Each Mamiage-Regisf&ion State, 1971-Con,

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Bride------------------ 36,080 36,595 IO,440 50,&x

SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES 1-2 1 ,

Table 1-17. Marriages by Marriage Order and Age of Bride and Groom: Each Marriage-Registration State. 1971-Con. I


Table 1-18. Marriages by Age of Bride, by Age of Groom: Marriage-Registration Area, 1971

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Table l-19. First Marriages of Both Bride and Groom, by Age of Bride, by Age of Groom: Marriage-Registration Area, 1971

[Based on simple data]

SECTION 1 .z MABRIAGES 1-23

Table l-20. Marriages by Previous’ Marital Status and Age of Bride, by Age of Groom (All Grooms- and Single

lh& 25 yeas---------------------------------

*+ ~ru.------------------------------------- 3544 yEIvII-------------------------------------. &S-E* ill-------------------------------------.

55-a ~ycDI‘II-..-......------------------------.-----.

65 yeyeara an& oyT~------------------------------.

UndEr 20 *are------------------------------- M-Z& yE’y8--‘----------------------------------

26-29 ycnrs------------------------------------

30-s ye~~-----------------------------------~

55-M ~~~-----------------------------------. 65 ycmB ma ------------------------------

ReviDuB maritta2 stdas not statea--------------.


Table 1-21. Marriages by Previous Marital StatUs and Age of Groom, by Age of Bride (All Brides and Single Brides): Marriage-Registration Area, 1971

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Table l-22. Marriages by Age of Widowed and Divorced Brides; by Age of Widowed and Divorced Grooms: Marriage-Registration Area, -1971

LBa.%d 0” sample data. riguree exclude datafor MicNeao and csdd

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Table l-23. Marriages by Age of Bride, by Age of Groom. by Color: Marriage-Registration Area, 1971


Table l-24. Marriages by Previous Marital Status and Race of Bride and Groom: Marriage-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971

Aegre------ other races------- Race not stated---

F-~------------------------- wee _______ -__-

Eli--------------------------- Hhlte--------. iqqz.c- -_____-_-__. other races----- Race not St&e&-.


Table l-24. Marriages by Previous Marital Status’ and Race of Bride and Groom: Marriage.Registration Area and Each- Registration State, 1971 -con.

6,550 19,740 -- --_ -__ ___ --- -_ -_ 6,6bo 19,740 44c

2,xX) 7,660 40 ~,Sco 6,950 4c xx) .“E _ _ - - zz,2w --- ___ -__ _-_ -__ --_ -_- ___ -_ - - 22,100

z 3 555 3:m - 2 g : 10 -

--_ --_ 333

Ez E

580 --- --_

580

180 160


Table l-24. Marriages by F’revious Marital Status and Race of Bride and Groom: Marriage~J3egisfrafion Area and Each Regktration State, 1971 -Con.

S&h D&ok+---------------. mk---- ______. rep--------. M rBce8 ______. Race not stcted-.

T-~shBB------------------- white --_-__-_ -__. x-- _______ - OtDer ms----- Race not *ate.%-.

vet---------------------- white--------..

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Table l-25. Marriages by Previous Marital status of Bride by PreviouszMarital Status of Groom, by Race:

Ma&age-Registration Area, 1971 .o


Table l-26 Marriages by Number of This Marriage of Bride and Groom: Marriage-Regtstration Area and

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DeLavare _----I- --_-__---- District Of Caamb~------------ F-~---------------------------- tibia----------------------------


Table l-27. Marriages by Marriage Order and Age of Bride and Groom, by Month Marriage Performed: Marriage-Regiskation Area, I%‘1

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Table l-28. Marriages by Marriage Order and Race of Bride and Groom, by Month Marriage Performed: Marriage-Registration Area, 1971

[Based on samfle data. Figures by race exclude data for caufomta. Marykvdl, ?dtchigan, New nork, ohto. ad parts of minc.ts. Ttles.2 data are included in race not stateed: wo

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Table 1-29. Mar&ges by Day of Week Marriage Performed: MarriageJlegistratton Area and’ Each Registration

Hisaiasippi---------------------------------------

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Table l-30.. Marriages’by Resident- Status of Bride. by Resident Status of Groom in State Where Married: Marriaae-

Registration Area and Bach Registration State, 1971

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SECTION-l - MA&tIriGEs l-35

Table I-31.’ Marriages by Marriage order arid Age .of -Bride and Groom; by.Residenk Status of Bridk by Resident Status of Groom’in State Where- Marriecl: .Marriage-Ri$stiaion Area, $gjl *

W&innfaG~

Bride----------------------------------------


Table 1-31. Marriages by .Marriage Order and Age of Bride and Groom, by Resident Status of Bride by Resident Status of Groom in State Where Married: Marriage-Registration Area, 1971~Con.

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Table l-32. Marriages by Marriage Order and Age of Bride and Groom, by Resident Status in State Where

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3’104’ 2’3u’ %‘I Under Grnlm------------------------ 20 ~yeBrs------------------- 20-a. ~~Jc---------------------- Ht 154,295 553,: i86 WA5 81, 67,172 38,582


Table l-33. Marriages; by Marriage Order of Bride and Groom, by Nativity Status in State Where Married: Marriage-Registration Ar&a and.Each Registration State, 1971

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- - 6,692 - - 5,662 -__ -- --- a 1,025 ___ -- --- 4 ___ -__ -_. 6,611 _ _ 5,448 --- _- --_ 1,244 ___ ___ _-_ - _ II

2 Fir& ImamLages _______I_ - _____ RwM1Bses-----------------

_ l4mrim@ order not stated-------

_ rfrstmn.iqes _____-___________

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1 ~iages--------------------- - )(arriage order not stnt,ecL------

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Pk&,mM*s -___ - -_-_ - ____- 1 Remarriages------------------- - Ibarriw order nnt stat&.-------

SECTION 1 _ MARRIAGES 1-39

Table l-33. Marriages by Marriage Order of Bride and Groom, by Nativity Status in State Where Married: Marriage-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971 -Con.

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First dWS ________.._.----- 20 Remsrrieges-------....---------- - Marriage order “0% state&------

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First marrisgea------------------ Ilem-~~~--------------------- Ma@agc order oat stntca--------

Bddc------------------------

Eyr* manieges--- ______________. I(enarrteges ___________________-__ lamriage .araer not stated-------.

li----------------------~

*irat -lages----------------~ semarimeea _______-_____--------. Manloga - not state&-------


Table l-33.. Marriages by Marriage Order of Bride and Groom, by Nativity Status in State Where Married: Marriage-Registration Area and Each Registration State, . 1971-Con.

-I- scm!EIwmER

m-p3------------i.

yrst rmn5q.ea--------. en.wdagea ---- -_--_-__. Pzcriqe order not d~*Ltea-----.

+rat marriages--- ____ -__-. emaTie.ger --------- --_--_. Brriage or&r not St&e&-----

TBlm3sSEE

~ide.-----------------~

est -age*----- _---__. ~qge.------- -_-. tisge or&r not dated-------

DToLm---------------

ird marriage*------- ____. emnL”#zs-------------. amage - not stated-------

LEhK

frst m.arr~s-~-~-------- mumdager---- -----______. erring* *?caex nd stat&------

L.& marriages------ _-_-_ -ids--------------------- pll‘iage or&T not d&e&------

vImmI.4

trst man.iages------------ ?marHages--.-.-----------~~ vriage order not statea------

lrst mardages ____ -_-- ____--- rmard~rs------------------- nriags olda- not *tea-------


Table I-34. Marriages by Mamiaqe Order and Natiyity and Resident Status of Bride and Groom .in State Where

1,= 658 97

1

. . . . . . 336 . . . . . . 142


Table l-3. Marriages by Hatitity and Resident Status of Bride and Groom in State Where Married:

Each Makriage-Registration State, 1971

-

hide-------.--------------. 4aJx 38.37~

. . .

. . .

58 z . . . . . . 57 E . . . . . .

m

.”

. . . la

c- Bride--------------------

Born in state yhere mEreed------ not bmn II, state where Earrid---

Resident oi state mere bmn----- Pat resident or state wllere bmn-------------------------

state oi birtll not stated--------- (iroom-----.----------------

720

.,“:E

2,550

625

E . . . . . .

.I0

z . . . . . . 25 E .._ . . .

. . .

. . .

-i

. . .

. . .

SECTION 1 - MARRIAGE’S 1-43

Table l-35. Marriages by Nativity and Resident Status of hide and Groom in State- Where.Married: Eadli Marriage-Registiation St&$ .lS?l’Con.

. . . 10

25

15

. . .

. . . In

15

15

. . .

. . .

5

; . . .

. . . -1

la

In . . .

. . .

w

In . . .

I

. . . lo

45

40 5

. . .

. . .

c

MIcm

Bride--------------------

m in state vheremardea------- it born in state where YAsXTied--- Resident oi state where barn---- Nat resident of state “here born-.-.-----------------------

ate or birth not stated--------- Gmao---------------------- c


Table 1-35. Marriages by Nativity and Resident Status of Bride and Groom in State Where Married: Each Marriage-Registration State, 1971-C&.

E---------------m

- Earn in state “here marries---- - Not born in state *e married--

. . . Besldenf m state where born---~ Ilot l”3- 08 state where

,. . . barn---------------------~ - state oi - not state&------

1 OREGQT

Bride------------------

- m In state where maTrIed------ - mt born in state where nmTed--

. . ., Resment cd state *here ball--- i md rc* e s+* * . . . bOTll-------------------- - state Of birth not stated-------


Table l-35. Marriages by Nativity ,and Resjdent Status of Bride and Groom in State Where Married:

Born in state where mnrried-------- Not mml in state where -ied----

RESideId Of state wherc bmn----- Not ~sidetlt cb State where bmn---------------------------

tit&m Of birth not stated---------

Hot bOllI in state whcrc married---- seaidenL of state When !mlTl--- Add resident of state where bqrP-------------l----------

state arlti not ateted---------- ScmlI rJmm!A

Bride----------------------

bm~------------------------ stata of birth not *ated---------

.Each Marriage-Registration State, ‘1971-Con.


Table l-35 Marriages by Nativity and Resident Status of Bride and Groom in State Where Married: Each Marriage-Registration State, 1971~Con.

w in state “here narried------- at ball in state where marries--- Besideat Of state where born---- Not rer3.aent of State where

Dmn------------------------- tate .ar birth not statea---------


Table l-36. Marriages bv Previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom, by Resident Status in State. Where Married:

Mkriage-Registration Area and Each Ftegistrktion Stdte, 1971

. . .

.._

. . .


Table l-36. Marriages by Previous Marital States of Bride and Groom, by Resident ‘&tus in State Where Married:

ststed--------------.----------

IDAm

x*,+. or-------------- or_:-----------------

a&wed- Di-ced------------------ Hiamred or ai-ed nwt stated.--

First nlarriage or renarriage not stated-----------------------

First maa.l.iagea------------ R~agell-----.-----------

“i-b------------------- Diymced ___--- --_- I--_ A__ tmowe.3 OF diYDmea not stated-

- mz.rdr!@ or remrde@ not states---------------------

P~-c=d--------------------- “Lamred or diwrcea rot seated--

mr.9t -1y or rPmarringe not stated--------------.--------

Iowa

pir* e ____ - ________ --_ ~---------------------

%gzT ___----_--___ ---_-_ Iliwrccd------------------ widDwa or di-ea not at&e&-

Fist mmriage CR rwarringe not &.ted- _-_________-_-__-_- --__-

Marriage-Regishation Area and Each Registratioti State, I971-Con. @wed on saqde dad


Table l-36. h$arriages by Previous Marital Status of Bride and.Groom, by Resident Status in State Where Married: kige-Registration Area. and Each Registration State, 1971 -Con.

.-

._ ,_ ._ ._ ._ .- ._ ._

._

._

._

._ ._

._

.-

.-

.-

,_

._

._

._

1..

.-

._

._

._

._

” ._

Di-ced----------------------- “i&wed or divorcea not statea-

*at -<ase @z rcmarriege not atnted------------------------

-_-

First marriascs------------------ Rwsrri-=-------------------

D~-ea---------------------- Hidnwed m dlrmrcd 2u.t rtatd-

FIrat lMrr%age or ‘-Iage not otatcd-------------------------

i-h.&, morrbqm,------------- R~ia~----------------------

Hod-------------------- DiMrccd--------------------- Widwed or ai-ed not stated-

_ ~emarfiw.-: ____________------- _ We-----------------------

Dl-ed---------------------- c “i&mea m diwrcca not stated

First marringe or remarriage not ststca-----------------------

540

I.20

2011 G----------------------

20

ril

Drocm----------------------.

u) p*& mnges ____ - ___-------. 10 R-i-8 -,------- - ----------.

“idmeb--------------------.

Fir& ~arriapes----------~~~~-. ~ioges--------------------’

“i-d----------------- Diumred------------------. !e.&wed or dimea not statea-

First marriage or r-isge zld &**a ____ -- ___-__ - ____-

10

-/I

Di-=d---------------------. - widowed or dtvorcea n.Tt st.&ei

FP* ntarrme m rmerriwc noi Stated----------------------~

I-50 SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES

Table l-36. Marriages by Previous Marital Status of Bride- and Groom, by Resident Status in State Where Married: Marriage-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971 -Con.

M-eb---------------------- mamed m aivmced not **ted-

‘ic;t~or-~~ seated-----------.-------...

Eel

.wum MWTd Bride----.------------------

SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES 1-5 1

Table l-36. Marriages by Previous Marital Status of &de and Groom, by.Resident Status in State Where Married: Matiage-Registration &ea and Each Registration State, 1971-Con.

1

*

I

I , , ,

1

it a~e-~----------.---------- Widave& __________._____________ Dl*ced----------------------- Wiacued or diwreed not stated-.

Flrltmnldagemrenardagenot It’d-------------------------.

.


Table l-37. Marriages: United Skates, Each State and County, 1971

calbut----------------------- ccneeuh--------------------------------- carsa---------------------------------- C~--------------------------------- crenshaw--------------------------- cullman-----------------------

DDumr------------------------- De I[alb------------------------- ~------------------------ EIE~is------------------------- m* ______ - _-_-_ -- __-_--------------- wyette-~----..-.- ____--_--_ R-n------------------------

gene------------------------- Hale------------------------- v~“n.-__________-_---------------- -~-.-------------------------------- ‘la&c+-- -_____ - ____ -- _----- - ------

Ismar-------------------------- v _______ -_- -_____ - -Ce -______ - ____ ----------

~=--------------..--------------- I~stoOe--------------------------- us--------------------------- MBc~------------------------------- Madisrm------------------------------- Ilsir~e----------------------------’- -on----------------------------------- Marshsll------------------------------- Hobila-------------------------------- M-a----------------------------------

~~-----------------------

Ranaolpa------------------------ DDE---------------------------- St. c----------------------------- Shelby--------------------------------- slmteh------------------------------

ux ____ -___--_-----


Table l-37. Marriages: United States, Each State and County, lWl-Con.

Are@.

COl.OXdC--COU

T Naa-------------------------------- I[it colon------------------------

m--- ______________________________ Baker---------------------------------------

kanrriopea h-G-9

Flnrida--con. I.8 MBdisrm---------------------------- 54 ManDtee-------------------------

lo3 MarLan------------------------------- 7.73. Martin-----------------------------

1,022 M-e------------------------------ 159 ~~sau------------------------------- 42 olalloosb----------------------------,----

234 Okeechobee-------------------------------- 616 ~--------------------------------

s Oseeola-------.------------------------ 62 p* Beach-------------------------------

g p-o-------------------------------------

;g *----------------------------------- --------------------------------------

2 ~~--------.-l-------------------------- *t. Jam-------------------‘----------.----

42 9t. ale-----------....---------------- salt* Ro88---.--------------------:---

= senile-------------------------------- saresota------------------------------

I,285 bier----------------------------------- 2 Sunuulee------.-------------------------

*h--- ___________________ -- ________ g “nicm------------------------------------- 12 yolusib---------------------------------- , ~-B------------------------

iz HaLtrm----------------------------------- waa*ston----------------------------.---

e-r ce~~b------------------------- 45

1,012 AppUns--------------------------r------- 71 *t*inrrn------------------------------

BLIc(m-------------------------------- 23,825 Baker-------------------------------

By----------------------------- 6,056 --------------------------------- 6,513 B-------------------------------- 1,091 Baetw------------------------------

898 Ben Hill-------------------------------- 5,661 -i----~-.---------------------------- 2,036

@I. Blbb--------------------------------- 889 me&l,gy ______-_-__ - ______________________

arantley------------.----------------------- 4,431 Breaks---------------------------------

Buyan---- ________ - _________ -___-__ 7lB Bullocb--------------------------------

3,155 Buelre---------------------l--------------- 628 Butta------------------------------

cailhnm------------------------------- 6,688 earnden------------------------------

75,10.3 candler------------------------ Carroll----------------------------

1,m ce~=a--------------------------- m charltan-------------------------- 818 chsthrrm-----..-------------------- Is6 ChattahwEhee-----------------------

2,253 chattoagn-------------.------.------- 6,735 Cllemree------------------------------

16 Cam----------------------------------- g clalr------------.-----------------------

ml, c~on---------------------------------~ Clioch-------------------------------------

2;: Cobb--------------------------------- c---------------------------

“a-$ colsoitt------------------------------- Cola--------------------------------

76 C~----------------------------.---------- yg couet~--------------------------------

? 73 crsvimd------------------------------ 5L crisp-----------------------------------

244 Dodc----------------------------- 4, Dauslm------------------------------------

z =eurtur------------------------------- De -----------------------------------

6L ------------------=----------. ~~-------------------------------

2 ~~-------------------------- 244 .Dasla---------------------------------

Enr=----------------------------- .,g ~------------------------------

92 so--------.--------;----------- 405 Elb&------- ___-_ -_------ 239 AL----------------------- 3.x5 BMns----------------------------- 56 ~~-------------------------------

79, Fayette----------------------------- 1,261 F--------------------------- 1,016 F=~~----------------------------

165 ~anklin-------------------------------- 32 Rllt~---------------------------

1-53

SECTION I- MARRIAGES

Table l-37. Marriages: United States, Each State and County, 1971-Con. rmtd ae =(~unts Of marriaees oerformcd suDolied bv states Excel Bs notedi

Bormer-------------------.------- BanocvFue-------------.----------------

-w--------------- ____ --_ Ott=------------------------ camas---------------------------------- canyon------------------------------ cullron-------------------- csss~s--.-.-..--------------~ Clerk- ----------- --------- ~ter------------------------- ~rtrr-------------------------- E-e-----------------------------

m.*---------------- Renrmt-.-----------.-..--- ~------------------------------- oaading--------------------------------- Idaho---------------------------------- JB~~srm---------------------------- Jo----------------------------- Kaotenai-------------------------------- Tpit*--.--..---------------------- ------------------------------

-s------------------------------ -oln---------------------------- Hadisoo--------------------------------- ~~doka--------------------------- mz Perce--------------------------- ale*-------------------------------- cm&. c_______________ ---_-___-__ -tie _--______-___ -__- ____ ---__ -r---------------------------- *hasbane---------------------------

ibis-------------------------- L-

Christian----------------------------- Clark--------------------------- C~---------------------1---------- cllnton------------------..---- coLe*-------------------------- caolc--------------------------.---. Crrarfard-------.-.------------------. ~erlnod--..-------------.------ De --------------------------------- De witt-------------------------------

ml Wse------------------------------ mgat. --------- --_-- ____ -----_

“2 lumkalirr--------------------------- 1cendsll-------------------------

2z I[nmr-----------------_---------------- 115 T&e --I----------- - -_--- - ______ - _______ p* la s--.------------------------------

~=------------------------- I z me-------------------------------

LiVW&CQl~-------------- _____ 166 rq,an~---------- ____ -__-___ pI NcIkmaugh-------------.-------------------

,~ McAenry------------------------ -------

,g tarxn--- -------- ~oupin------------------------

2 rem-------------------------- -~-----------------------------

1g Idarahnll---------------------------- HBsrm---------------------------------- Has=ac----------------------------

,t -- i-------_ 125 Herc~---------------------~-------- ,g Monme-------------------------- 92 =-k-=-Y --------------_-__----

wm9an--------------.------------ 2,,z Houltrie---------------------

z89 agle---------------- _______ 95 m.------------- ____ -_

perry-.---------- ____ - _____ piatt----------------------

:: mke-------- __----- _______

,z pope----------------------------- ~81 EWa4ld--t----------------------r--

2 putnml ----------I ---------_ mn&lph--------------~

14./ uczhbna-------- ----___________

$i k&~sland--------------------- St. c------- -____-__ -___ Saline------------------------ Sag----------------------------

,z Sag---------------------.

2; sw$&--- --------___--_ Shelby------------------------ Stark------------------------------

nj,826 si,qhenqm---------------~ - Tazevell I---_ --------- -_-___ -_

769 ~------------------------I- 158 v-~--------------------- u9 Wabarb _-_-_ -----------___ 295 warren------------------------- 54 “arhiogtco------------ ____ -_

314 52 a-----;--------------------

222 white---------.--------------------- 154 vbiteside ---__ -_-----___-_I_

1,674 Hill--------------------------------- “-m ----- ---__------_

351 “llmebago----------------- 313 wcedrd~----------


Table l-37. Marriages: United States, Each State and County, 1971-Con.

199 z ~Bkell------------------‘-----------------

fLEiz,z: .---_-__-_-_---__-__.--- ;: Tel ._______________i________ i$ s 1,515 nl 80

lm. 327 Mi~.i-----.-.-------------------i--------- 3.73 fiche--------:------------------------

65 ~~~~---------------------------- j.4, M-~s--------------------------------- 156 D(ort~----------------------------------- 192 I(emaha---------------------------------~- Il.6 Neosho.---------------------------------~-

2,701 NcaS------------------------------------ 88, wortrm------------------------------------

osage--------------------------------- 139 56 ~~,bmne---------------------------------

158 ottrme------------------------------ 1,l.m Rfimee----------------------------------

156 ~~=-------------------------------- 289 pottovatrmie-------------------------- 520 Pratt--------------------------------- 3.3& ~~--------------------------------

66 .Beno------------------------------- m =epubllc-----------------------------

Bite--.------------------------------ 65

393 -------------------------------- 239 Rw~------------------------------1---- I.58 Rush--------------------------------------- 59 Russell---------------------------

450 saLine---------------------------------- 149 s=att--------------------------------- LB, set-------------------------- 971 ScyBl~------------------------------- 123 Shawnee---------------------------- 162 She~aan--------------------------------

148 she-------------------------------------. lm ~~-----------------------------------. 189 St~.---.---------------------------~ 71 Stantcm-----------------------------------.

324 SteMlls---------------------------------. 165 ~~r-------------~------------------- UL -as------------------------------------ 569 Trego-----------------------------------~ 44 Habauosee-----~--------------------------- BB W-e----------.-.-------------------

ou W~8biostan---------------------------- * Hera----------------------------------

E wLIson---------------------------------- “OOdsrm------------------------------------

L42 u~~~~e-------..-.--------------------

2 ~~~~-----------------------

g; Adair--------------------.----------------- 53 yle31------.--------------------------.

An~srm---------------------------------- B-d----------------------------------

g -~-----------------;-------------------- 562 Bath-------------------------------------

2 Bell------------------------------------- Bmne-----------------------------------

*58 BouTbrm-------------------------------- ‘66 Boya------------------------------------

;; myle -----------------_--- - ________________ 20~ Bracken-------------------------------------

BTsetbitt-------------------------------.--- Bree~idge------------------------------

“2 Bullltt------------------------------------ Butler--------------------------------------

4; calducll--------------------------------- 51 cam----------------------------------

c~~cll------------------------------- IQ ‘c~~sle-------------------------------- 95 .m Carroll-------------------------------- 85 C~er-------------------------------------

II 219 Casey------------------------------------

chri*ian-------------------------------- 54 Cam------------------------------------ 25 C~-------------------------------------

106 cllnton------------------------------- I.20 crittenden---------------------------------- M Cmnberland-----------------~-------------

1,100 Dauie==----------------------------------- ;; apron------------------------------------

-Ott------------------------------------ ,;; Eatill----------------------------------

Fayette----------------------------------- e7 r~---------------------------------

lBT -El~T------------------------------------- *3 ~~-----------------------------------

Ewtrm---------------------------------- ii -Ed-------------------------------------

(Mllatin-----------------------------------

z crant---------------------------------- z: Graves------------------.------------------ 40 Gl‘~rm----------------------------------

Green-----------------------------------

1-5 5



zi II &&---- ____________-__-____---------- Begun--------------------- 970 Branch---- _---_____ ---___---__

=g cosebic---------------------------;------

II 16 Grand rrauerse--.---------~--------------

~~~~--------------------I------------ u 193 ~aaze--------------------------------

Ilovghtan __--- -------- ------------I-- 1,0= Hlrrmc-----------------------------------

m _________- - ----_-_----------------- ,,$A -----------------------------

E

Toleo-------------------------------- ~rcp----------------------------

‘,m$ Tsab----------------------------- Jackeao---------------------------------.--

219 loo------------------------------ ~-------------------------------

.,g I(ent------------------------------- zo6 Keweenau----------------------------

2

----------------------------------- Iepeer------- _____ - _____.._..______----_-

211 ~eelanau------------------------------- 321 me------------------------------------

1,278 ~-*co--------------------------- --------------------------------~

%=I ~--------------------------------- Gael-----------------------------------

;,I$ rep----------------------------------- 3 Lotte----------------------------

?E n89on------------------.--------.--.----.---. szm Mecaiita-----------------------------

me-------------------------- g ~--------------------------

6,721 Niss-e-------------------------------- 578 nonme--------------------------------- 315 ~~illm------------------------------

M~~~~ney-----------------~--.-.----------- yg Moskegon------- _________-___-__-----

I ~ewp----------------- “5;: oalrzand--------------------------

157 Oceana-----------------------------~--~- opemaw----------------------------------

y5 Qlt~----------------------------. 3

U6 Osce~------------------------------ 493 osc~da----------------------------- 233 ~-------------------------------

-~------------------------ 2= presrme Ille------------------------------

‘g Rolex-------------------------------- So---------------------------------

488 St. CLair------------------------------- St. Jose-----------------------------

47,==J sancloc-------------------------------

I,,JE s*-att--------------------------------- 1,558 glee---------------.----------------- 4,530 Rlscola------------------------------------

‘551 w-------------------.---------.----- 3,*62 11 “&m&----: _------ - _____I-___--

981 11,057 ~~==-----------------------..

64 1Litkin------------------------------ yz Ilnolra---------------------------~------

4

Be--------------------------------- yg sltr~---------------------~----

BentDn------------------------------------ Big Ftone-------------------------------.

-J= Blue Barth---.------------------------~--. Br----------------.----------.------------

81 carltcm--------------------------------~ ,g c------------------------------ iii 11 ca4s---------------------------------

.

SECTIOW 1 - MARRIAGES

Table l-37. Marriages: United States, Each. State and County, Wl-Con.

u*i __-------------_-- - __-------------

L& Of the x------------------------- Le s------------------------------ --- m _________-----_---- - ____-_---- - ------- ~~oa-----------------------------.

Helmrmen--------------------------------

-ec,p------ -____ ---------- x- ____ ---__-__----- ------ M&y ____-___---- ----_-------- ---- acollat------------------------- Bobles---~-------------

O~~tcd---------------------------------- Ott- l-ail ______- - _-___-___ -__---__ &mjn&an- _________I_______ - _______ -_

Nil,!& ____----------__---------------------. winons--------------------------------- !+frr& _____--_- ----_- -_----------------. yam **inem----- ____ --- -----.

Ill--.--------------------------------. tiw ______-_----_---_________ - -__---_-_- Ilmite--------------------------------~ *+t.* ----_-_-_---_---__-_--------- - -----. Boltrm------------------------------- Ball---------------------------------- calb----------------------------

copi*-------------------------------.-

se.3 motnote at ena or table.



Area

Mis*aui-<ml.

weshiaptan----------------- w----.--------------------

BeaMlaead-------------------------------

Brg Hmn-------------------

ale--------- ____ ---__--_

BroadKti----------------------

Carter----------------------------

cBscade----------------------------------

chcIyteQy-------------------------

havson------------------------------------- Deer I,$@ ----I------_-------_----------- - ~----------------------------------

J”d.i$h win- ____ -___--__-- __--_-_ ----------------------------------

~=~-;--------------------------

Hcc------------------------------

~~------------------------

Meoghcr ------------_ ---__------

Hibauu----------------------------------- Ye~~cme-------------------------- Tclhw8~o”c Hational Parr---------------

*dsms----------------------------------- ~------------------------------------ *rt----..------------.----------------- Banner------------------------------------ ~BLoe------------------------------------- BooIle--------------------------------------- Box Butte-------------------------------

DBweB---------------------------------

see *ootr&es at ena of table.

Iyyriag- Area

Nebraa~400.

199 Iuws------------~---- n Deuel-------------------------

151 D----.--------------------- 51 kd&-- --________--___

128 ~----------------------- nl&L---------------

7,128 Flumore-------------------- Franhlin---------------------------

65 mnltier----- ______ ---_--____-_ 75 nmnE,s-----.-----------

,” Gag ~--------._ ----------_ Bo Go-------------------------------.

9 Garpi~------------------------------ 864 per----------------------------

55 Gmnt--~--------------------- I.02 Ok.------------------------------

30 -.----------------------------------- BamLltrm------------------------------

136 Harlan------------------------------ lg -s--------------------------------------

I33 HTteheoclr----------------------- 4h5 Aolt------------------------------- 35s Booher-.---..--------------------------

u) Boware--------------------------...... 101 Jeffersob---------------------------

5 J~~soo---------------------------.---- 28 L[e~-----------------------------------

BeTth------------------------------------- 177 Keya me.--- -..________ -----__-

so -~----------------------------- 15

154 Rnor------------------------------------- 393 -aster--------------------~--------

12 -olo--------------------------- 194 rasan------------------------------

18 ~--------------------------------- 54 Hcphersrm-- ______ ----_----_-I_ 21 Madison---------------------

Menicb------------------------------- 33 -ill-------------------------------

673 =-c-----i----------------- 45

II3 ~~--------------------------- 4 ~---------------------------

50 Moe-...-.....--------------------- 53 Rnne=------------------------------ 22 Rs~---------------------------- SB ~*~-------------------------- 12 piere------------------------

matte------------------------------ 158 ---------------------------

E Re~WFuou--.....-.----------------------- 42 Richssdson------------------------------ 59 Boclr------------------------------------

-63 saline----------------------------------- 23 so-----------------------------------

saundera-------------------------------- z scottr --------------------------

*eward-------------------------------- Shee~dan---------------------------------

67 she------------------------------------- 5 siora-------------------------------------

ID8

noted1

-es Brra.

kb. ~=~e.--------------------

198 So-------------.------------------- F.l C~------------------------------- x2 the-e----------------------------

393, c---------------------------------- 3,961 orsttcm-----------------------------

$3 ~---------------------------

zz Merrimao~---------------------------- ~----------------------------------

21 stgaffmd -----I-- -------_-- ---_ - 65 s------------------------

253 Be%. J~~ey------------------------ 22 *9 *tladie---------------------------------- 15 Bagen--------------------------- II Burn----------------------- 55 Camden-------------------------------

510 caqe ~--------------------------------- 70 ~~erl------------------------------- 45 ~*ex----------------------------------

5 OLooeesGr-------------------------------- Hudsrm-----------------------------------

2; ~~erdLa-.-------------------.--. m -~------------------------------- a ~a--------------------------------

J& ~------------------------------ u ~8-.---------------------------------

;; Ocean----------------------------------- Pact------------------------------------

,; ~---------------------------- somerhet----------------------------.---- smsex----------------------------------.

=,g Unix-------------------------------------- 305 x-811-------------------------------

15 -tp.l.y astablislPnents--------------------

: Nev-d-----------------------

‘g Bw- ---------------_----__________ cetmn---------------------------------

; chlRes----------------------------- cam-------------------------------

81 c------------------------------.---- De Bacn----------------------------^---

,” -----.----------------------- F.ay --------- - -__- ----.--- _-_-_ ---

g Grant---------------------------------- gg Guadalupe _------___ - ______ - ____. -_- __-_

,2 &r&ng -_______ -- --_--_- ---_--- __-___ 56 Bidrlgo------------------------------.-

Ira-------------------------------- liocoln-------------------------

y6; hoses------------------------------. 25 tune-----------------------------------

H=~---------.--------------.------.-- 2 ~~~-----------------------------~--

:z

otem-----------------------------.----- pvsur ---_-__----- - -____-__-__-________------

lea Rio aide-------------------------------- 85 RwsByBlt------------------------------ 41 Sag---------------------------------- u 9lln J---L-------------------------.

San Miguer------------------------------. 33 senta Fe-----------------------~-----.--.

108 sierra-----------------------------------

2 socono------------------------------ n TIIOP---------------------------------

200 *Lance---------------------------------- ,T uR1Em--------------------------------.--- 39 valencia------------------------------.---

f New yorK---------------;-----------

97 4u Illbaqy------------------------------- Aue-----------------------.----- Bmone------------------------------------

49 ;z cBtt~~~------------------------------

::9”,

c~---------------------------- ~a-----------------------..----

E

chEmrmg--.----------------------- chmango----------.------------------

880 ~------.----.----------------- 16 calonbia-------------------------

72 cortlmd- _____ - -___----_-_________-____I_ 68 Dyaware------------------------------

Dlltche(i=---------------------------- 228 Erie--------------------------------- ll9 BsBB(----------------------------

8,68?1 prankllo--------------.------------------- 129 ~~----------------------------------- 505 -see-----------------------------------

32,051 cTre~=------------------------------------ (26 lINti ---- ---- -_____ -_- ______ -- ____

9.771

56,531


Table l-37. Marriages: United States, Each state and County, 1971-Con.

Art-s

wew York-crm.

~~~-----------------------------------

Waa~-------------------------------- w4we---------------------------------- w~atche~ter--------------------------------- M _-_-_-___-_---__-------- --_- ______ Yules-------------------------------------

Nc,rth c------------------------

A3.amnce -------- - ----_-_--_--_-_-__________ Nexondcr-------------------------------,- All@slly --------------------_______________

42 Magi------------------------------- 61 Mmsan------------------------------ 27 -nr---------------------------------

II 68 nus~---------------------------------- m “- 35 Noble------------------------------- 19 Ott----------------------------------- 38 ~-----------------------------

II 155 peny------------------.-------------------

78 pickawhy-----------------------------------

1-59

I-60 SECTION 1 - h4ARFlIAGEs

Table l-37. M&ages: United States, Each State and County, 1971-Con.

Axea

ohm--con.

~---------------------------- Partsge-------------------------- Reble------------------------------ potnam-------------------------- Ricbland-------------------------- RoBI-------------------------------

.S~-----------------------.... S=iota--------------------------------- senecB--------------------------------- Shelby------------------------ ________-_

star------------------------- ~~------------------------- m- ____ -__- _--__-_ ---_ RlsearaulLs-------------------------- unian--------------------------- van xert----------------------- yinton----------------------------- wsrrcn;-------------------------------- waahingtrm--------------------------- Weyne--------------------------------

we=----------------------------- Il~oa----------------;------------ wyandot --_---- ~----- ________ --- -_-__

~---------------------

bdair---.----------------------- -%--.----------------------- Ilt~--------------------- Be-------------------------------

.8eckhsm---------------------------- Blaine--------------------------. Bryan----------------------------- caddo-------------------------------- caoadian-------..---------------------- cIu‘tn------------------------------

-ohee----------------------- choetav---------------------------- cimarrcn--------------------------- m.eveunG ----------- ----_-_---___ coal------------------- Comanche-.- ------ -_-_-__-__-_ cottoul------------------------- crais-------------------------- creek ------------ ------------ Custer------------------------

D&..ml.e------.- ___- - ______ --- Deucy------------------------------ ------------------------ DUTt-i& -----I--- ------- Oh--..----- __________. Grady -----I------ -------- orMt--------------------------- or-------------------------------- ~----------------------------- HaFp~------------------------

H-u----------------------------- [email protected] -___ i ____________ -_. Jacks~----------------------------------~ Je**~~5Lm---------------------------- Johnstcol--------------------------------- b _____________-__________________________. Mngfi=her----------------------- Fim -----I------__ -_--_------- Lat$mv I------------ ---- -___-___-_-. Le plme-------------------------

Lincoln------------------------------ ----------~ _________ ----. --------------------------- MC- ---------___ ---_---__- “&u.taln ---------- --------- ~~=~osh------------------------ u!jm. __________- - _____I_________ --- k*ell-------- ------ “ayes-------------------------- ~~-----------------------

nurrogee----------- Noble -1---1-11-- - _--- -----. N&a- -------------_- ------. O-~e------------------- OLlahcma------ -----__ -_---- O&g.gee -----I------ ---.---A--. 098ge-------------------------------- ottavsr ---------- --__---_-- Wunee--------------------------L Payne ___________-__ - ____________

Ht~~~---------------------- ~~atoc------------------------------- Pott-tmrie---------------------- platen-------------------------- RoeerM--------------------

I, Ililliao-- ____ ------ ----_ - _______ a1 Drant------------------------ II --- 80 w------------------

33 ,, l&k- ---- ------


Table l-37. Marriages: United States, Each State and County, 1971~Con.

Croclrett------------------.----------------- ~cdend--------------------------------- Davidsm, eoext. w-l* lI@5- k:ity)----- neea----------------------------

14 seamy-----.----------------------- 85 s8uier------------------------- 34 w --___-_-____-_________ -__--- ____ 15 smith-------------------------- 19 Stewart------------------------ 90 sulliuan-------------------------

ux) so---------------------------- 432 Tiptcm-------------------------------- 103 ~ouraale----------------------------

1 -oi---------------------------- 253 union--------------------------- 19 “an -n-------------------------------

w-------------------------------

1

50,x17 waobinst~------------------------ “Sync------------------------------

719 we-y-------.---------------------- 346 White--.------------------------------ 144 HilliEnson -_--_--- --_------- -------- 80 “eon-------------------------------

674 199 -~-----------------------------

2,284 501 ~=on-------------------------- 3l.3 -evs----------------------------- 47, Angelina _-__--- ----_--_- -_-___--__--

~BnBB8------------------------------------ 115 ~~~-------------------------------

B%J buatin---------------------------------- 591 Bailey---------------------------------- 373 Bag--------------------------- 119 358 Bastmp.------------------------------

5,999 Bayl~--------------------------------- 122 Bee--------------------------------

Bell---------------------------- 166 B--.------------------------------------ z7l. BlancO-------------------------------- 959 ~----------------------------------- m Bask------------------------------- 55, Bnrie---------------------------

282 c~----------------------------

la9 c-~-------------------------- 2,577 c-I---------------.----------

m c~-~~~---~~--- ____ ----_--- 393 callin------------------------------- 355 ca--*~-------------------------- 106 colorndo--------------------------- 219 c-----------------------~----------- 296 cafe-------------------------------- ui! coals--------.---------------------- a.2 c---------------------------------------

181 Drwu--------------------.------------ 995 co----------------------------------- 269 o~ll1e------------------------------------, 3.38 Cl.c&d&-- _____________ -__- ___-_ --_-- 433 Crosby--------------------------

65 -~~~----------------------- 340 Do------------------------------ 802 D------------------------------- 98 =avrrm----------------------------

152 mllf Qlith-------------------------

476 its------------------------------ 315 ~~.------------------------------- 46 De witi __________ ------- __________

‘Is& Do------------------------ lo5 ~~--------------------------- 571 no-------------------------------- Es3 ~---------------------------------- 519 Eastland----------------------------------

1,4x Bd~----------------------------- 630 Bdvarhr---------------------------

283 Buls---------------------------- m m. pnso------------------------------- 514 Brath-----------------------------------

1,519 PpLls---------------------------r--- 166 Pi------------------------------------- 97 pan---------------------.-.-.----------

1,321 pisher-------------------------------------- 1,537 Floya--------------------------------------

498 PO~---------------------------------- 1,2le portsena------------------------------

lJ.4 ~----------------------------- 243 ~~stone--------------------------- 2s Rio----------------------------------

280 wlines----------------------------- 7x2 =alwl;tra------------?-------------- lla -a---------------wwd -_-_-_ 266 wue~pbe------------------------------- 201 D~SEOE~----------------------------- 496 Goliab---------------------------- 451 -eles----------------------------

140,252 .~~-.--------------------------- CraJrsan---------------------------

522 e~EB------------------------------- 169 mimes---------------------------- 618 Gee-------------------------------- 171 Role ------ -- ---------- -- ___--- -_----_ 65 Hau------------------------------------

.----________-_---- $26 -imd------------------------ L&7, fan---------------------------- Lx 63 Bardin------------------------------------

&arri8--------------------------------- L83 Aarriacm---------------;-------- 58 aartley--------------------------------- 125 Bks------------------------------------

Aeys--------- _____ -- __________ [email protected] - ---- ------- ---_-

41 ~~tm------------------------------ 2 Hianlso-----------------------------

Lo5 Hill-------------.---------------------- w, Hoc---- _________-_ --i _-___ -- ____



Brea

Teas-4:on.

Hood---------------------------- Hopldns _-___ -_- _-_-_ -- ____ - ---- -- -ton--------------------------- -a----------------------------- &aq,eth ___-- i_- ------------------------- ~~------------------~-----~---------- ~chinson------------------------------ ~~~--------------------------- Jacr----------------------------- JBpksrm-------------------------------

Jeer------------------------------- Jeff Davis------“---------------------- Jerr~B~~-------“------------------------- sim ~-.-.-.----------------------------- Jh weus----------------------------- ~oho~~an--------------------------------- Jones------------------------------- Knmea----------------------------- KauBnan------------------------------ ~------------------------------

I[enedy---------------------------- ~---------------------------- Rur--------------------------------- KlmbLe------------------------------- a ____- - ------_ --- --_- --,~-A- x¶Dnep ____ - _______-____________--- - ____ - I[leberg-----.--------------------- Knmr------------------------------- ~------------------------------- I~---------------------------------

masas _______- -- ___- -l-- _--____--- T,& Salle---------------------------------- lavsf~---------------------------- me-------------------------------- ~----------------------------------- Idb-------------------------

L -rtcme------------------------- UPSE& __-___-_ “-- --__-_-_-- -- --___ --_ I,*- ~--------------------;------------- -~-------------------------------------

wmr -__--__ --- --_---_---_- ---_-- Tnbb~------------------------ rpr, ___________ -- ______-_ ------- Mc-~~------------------------------ Nc~--------------------------------- McMpllen----------------------------- ~co---------------------------- HariEm---------------------------- I(artin---------------------------------- wascm--------------------------------

Ha-as-.---------------------------- ~~~~------------------------------ Me-------------------------------- ~------------------------------- Miblsnd--------------------------- ~--------------------------- ---------------------------- Mit----------------------------- ~---------------------.--.-.r.-.-- ~~----------------------------------

Moore----------------------- ~=-------------------------- al&l.ey _-___-________-___-______ - _-_- - _-___ Nacogdoehes---------------------------- No------------------------------- ~-n---------------.---------------------- Nolao------------------------------------- feces---------------------.------ ~~-------------------------------- oldhan------------------------------

oranse---------~------------------------- Falo Rota------------------------------ pBnola---------------------------- ~~--------------------------- parmer------- _____ ---__- deco=----------------------------- ~llr-------------------------- potter--------------------------------- Resiaia--------------~-~------------ Roin~------------------------------

Raadnll---------------------- ~~------------------------------- Besl---------------l---------- Red Blw------------------------ Reeve8-------------------------- Re~io----------L------------------- Robeetr--------------------------- BobertDon------------------------- Raclinu1---------------------------- ~------.------------------------- Ruslr---------------.-------.-------

See matnote at d Of t*le.



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Section 2. Divorces

I

Table

2-1.

2-2.

1 2-4.

2-5.

2-6.

.-.

2-7.

I 2-8. : J

k~ 2- 9.

2-10.

2-11.

2-12.

Divorces and annulments by age of husband and wife at time of,decree: Divorce- registration area and each registration State, 1971 -----------------------

Divorces and annulments by age of husband and wife at marriage: Divorce- registration area and each registration State, 1971 -----------------------

2-13. Divorces and annulments by race of husband and wife: Divorce-registration

2-14.

2-15.

2-16.

area and each registration State, 1971 ____ - ____________________ - ___----- -

Divorces and annulments by number of this marriage of husband and wife at time of decree: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1971

Divorces and annulments by duration of marriage: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1971 ----_ - ___________________--------- -----

Divorces and annulments by number of children reported: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1971_________-____---__---------- ------

Estimated number of divorces and annulments and rates, with percent changes from preceding year: United States, 1920-71 -----------------------------

Divorces and annulments and rates: United States, each region, division, and state, 1966-71--------------------------------------------------------

Reported annulments: United States, each region, division, and State, 1966-71

Percent distribution of divorces and annulments by duration of marriage: Di- vorce-registration area and each registration State, 1971 -----------------

Median ages of divorced husband and wife at time of decree and at time of marriage: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1971------

Median duration of marriage prior to divorce or annulment: Divorce- registration area and each registration State, 1971 -----------------------

Divorces and annulments by color of husband, by color of wife: Divorce- registration area, 1971-------------__-___-----------------------------

Estimated number of children involved in divorces and annulments: Divorce- registration area and each registration State, 1971 -----------------------

Estimated number of children involved in diyorces and annulments: United states,, 1953-71 ------1------------------------------------------------

Percent distribution of divorces and annulments by number of children re-. ported: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1971 --------

Page

2-5

2-6

2-7

2-8

2-8

2-8

2-9

2-9

2-9

2-9

2-10

2-11

2-12

2-13

2-14

2-15

2-l

Table Page

2-1’7. Divorces and annulments by duration of marriage and number of children reported: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1971 ------ 2-16

2-18. Divorces and annulments by month marriage performed: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1971---------------------------------- - 2-18

2-19. Divorces and annulments: United States, each State and county, 1971--------- 2-19

2-2

Sampling Variability 6f the Divorce Statistics

In the tables which present statistics based on data from probability samples of divorce records, small frequencies have high sampling variability, which limits their usefulness. The sampling errors are shown in table 4-8 in the Technical Appendix. It is suggested that any number smaller than those shown below be interpreted simply as “smah” rather than as any more precise value. The true number would very probably be within 60 percent of the figure shown below. Figures for States shown’as “zero” indicate that all records were tabulated and thus data are not subject to sampling variability.

Divorce-registration area........................................

Alabama.. ................................... Alaska ........................................ California ................................... Connecticut.. .............................. Georgia ....................................... Hawaii ........................................ , Idaho. ......................................... Illinois.. ...................................... Iowa.. ......................................... KSIElS ........................................ Kentucky ................................... Maryland .w ................................. Michigan .....................................

75

100 0

100

;“o 0

15 100

15 15 50 50

100

Missouri.. .................................... 50 Montana.. ................................... 0 Nebraska .................................... 15 New York ................................... 100 Ohio ........................................... 100 Oregon ....................................... 50 Pennsylvania ............................... 100 Rhode Island .............................. 0 South Carolina ........................... 15 South Dakota.. ........................... 0 Tennessee ................................... 50 utah ........................................... 15 Vermont ..................................... 0 Virginia ...................................... 50 Wisconsin ................................... 15 Wyoming .................................... 0

2-3

SECTION 2 - DIVORCES 2-5

Table 2-1. Estimated Number of Divorces and Annulments and Rates, With Percent Changes From F’receding Year: . United States, 1920-11

=

xent 2x

+5.7 +9.4

*IO.3 +ll.5 +4.0

+4.P

2::

2:

+A -4.5 -4.5

-4.2 -4.0

-3.8

-5.7

-2: 20.9 +*2.9

-

I

h

tZl.3 +l.l.4 +ll..3

is.6 +lL0

t5.2 +2.9 -2.0 +5.5 18.3

+6.9 +23.6

-22 -4.1

-4.8 +2.8 +2.0 +6.5 t5.3

+Z.B +3.5

+X2.9 -6.7 -6.4

1.5 - I.5 - 1.5 +7.x

-6.7 ::: -6.2

7.2 7.2 +I.; 7.1 +7.e

--I-

6.6 -8.1 7.2 -10.0 8.0 ---

SECTION 2 - DIVORCES

Table 2-2. Divorces and Annulments’ and Rat&s: kited States, Each Region, Division, and State, 1966-71 [Data are counts Of decrees Egantea supplied by states except as mted. Rates per 1. ooo ppuhtim in each areJ


Table 2-3. Reported Annulments: United States, Each Region, Division, and-State, 1966-71

2-7

Lo.3

1.1 1.3

1.1

*

0.7

0.7 2.i 9.4 0.5 3.9 27, 27, 35

2-8 SECTION 2 - DIVORCES

Table 2-4. Percent Distribution of Divorces and Annulments by Duration of Marriage: Divorce-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971

i&laaasea 011 sample data; for freqoencies, see table Z-151

mwtion or marriage

Table 2-5. Median Ages of Divorced Husband and Wife at Time of Decree and at Time of Marriage: Divorce- Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971

Table 2-6. Median Dtiation of Marriage Prior to Divorce or Annulment: Divorce-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971 -

pased on sample da@

Are*

Ohio------------------------------ Oregon--------------------------- p-g~-a---------------------

Imode T=land------------------- aoot,h camlins-------------------- south Dakota---------------------

DIVORCES SECTION 2

Table 2-7. Divorces and Annulments by Color of Husband, by Color of Wife: Divorce-Registration Area, 1971 @asea on sample data. ldlchigao and Ohio did not require reporting of WlOFj

All color Of vii% calor or husbana aivarces

and slmulnents white ~~lxs= lweTEe~

Table 2-9. Estimated Number of .Children Involved in Divorces and Annulments: -United States, 1953;71

@or 19&l-71, estimated from IrequenciZ based on synple; mated from total crmkz]

for earlier geap, .&II-

Table 2-8. Estimated Number of Children Involved in Divorces and Annulmenfi: Divorce-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971

Table 2-10. Percent.Distribution of Divorces and Annul- ments: by Number of Children Reported: Divorce-Reg- istration Area and Each Registration State, 1971

[Rased on sample data; for frq”e”c.ies. see tam? 2-16. .xefers to chudreo under 18 [mfers to childr$m under 18 1 Pie

z-10 SECTION 2 - DIVORCES

Table 2-11. Divorces and Annulments by Age of Husband and Wife at Time of Decree: Divorce-Reaistration Area and Each Registration State, 1911

bed on aam@e d&,

SECTION 2 - DIVORCES &I1

Table 2-12. Divorces and Annulments by Age of Husband and Wife & Marriage: Divorce-Registration Area and

Area

llmectic”t-- -------________________________ O=~-----------------------------------

Hawaii------------------------------------- x&v.e ------------ - -_--__ - ______________ Iuinois------------------------------------ Irma----------------------------------

ve~c.r.t.--- ---------______-________ -___ w.r&a ------- _ ----------_-_ - ___________ “iaecm*-------------------------------- We------------------------------------

Each Registration State, 1971 LBased oil sample data,

Age stmarriage


Table 2-13. Divorces and Annulments by Race of Husband and Wife: Divorce-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971


Table 2-14. Divorces and Annulments by Number of This Marriage of Husband and Wife at Time of Decree: Divorce-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971

._


Table 2-15. Divorces and Annulments by Duration of Marriage: Divorce-Registration Area and Each Registration

State, ..1971 [Based an sampk data]


Table 2-16. Divorces and Annulments. by Number of Childreq Reported: Divorce-Regis&ation Area and Each

~------------------------------------

b- ___-__-__ - _-_---_-_-_____-_-_______

*&.$ ________ - _________ -___-__- _________ banana-------------------------------------

vet------------------------------------- Hiscrmain---------------------------------- m ______________ - ___________-__-_-_---


Table 2-17. Divorces and Annulments by Duration of Marriage and Number of Children Reported: Divorce-R&s - tration Area and Each R&&ration State, 1971

k&r I yeae----------

1-2 y”B.-.....---.---------

34 ;y”s .-..--..____________

5-9 ---------------------

~~J.6 ye--------------

Ls years an& - .-._. --___ I(ot ~~~~~~~~~-----------~~~~

In&r 19”1---------

L-2 yes*-------------------

s-4 yBIvs.......------------ j-9 years-----------------

u).I.4 para--.-.-.-.--.---

15 years and OMz ---------_-_-

rot staff----------


Table 2-17. Divprces and Annulments by Duration of Marriage and Number of Children Reported: Divorce-Regis-

tration Area and Each Registration State, 1971-Con.

2-l 8 SECTION 2 - DIVORCES

Table 2-18. Divorces and Armulments by Month Marriage Performed: Divorce-Registration Area and Each Registration State, 1971

SEmION 2 --DIVORCES

Table 2-19. Divorces and &mulments: United States, Each State and County, 1971

I)------------------------------- lk -------------.~---------------- Blmore-----------------------------.--- BDE~~b-------------------------------

T+t.k ________._ -- ------ z _____________ _ i?lakun -----________-_-__________________ oenevn----------------------------------

Hm&. ----__________-___________________ Jack&m _---_______________________________ .Tefferam------- --

~~stcoa-------------------------------- BUS-----.-----.-------------------- l&cca -----------_-_-_- - ---___ - __-______ &di~OD -______________________________I__ Marengo- ---------- - I-------_______ ---

“Brl(R---------------------------------

P~~hall--------------~-------------- “Ob~--------.------------------------

merru------------------------------ pickeLm---- _______----- -_-- ________I-

1,146 yen Buren---------------I------------

II

Wna~--------.-------------------- 342 white------------:-----------------------

12 ~~------------------------------- 1,124 Yeu------------------------------

268

MS, II c--rnia----------------------


Table 2-19. Divorces and Annulments: United States, Each State and County, 197l’-Con.

Morgfs--Con.

175 Juwr------------------------------- 806 Jeff Dau+a------------------------------ 449 J~~lersmr----------------------------. 236 JpnMn=---------------------------

94 Jason-----------------------.-.---- 75 Jcmes---------------------------. 53 ~---------------------------------

762 Ianier------------------------- 35 -ns--------------------------

lg ~=--------------------------‘-

~~~-----.----------------------------- 20,2E lineoln---------------------------------

w _______ --_-- ___________________-_____ 41 -dea--------------------------------- u ~-------------------------------- p9 ~=---------------------.-------

7 I(elntoa2---------------------------

II6 Macon---- ____-__--____-_____------- CJ Nadimp-------------------------

m Id----------------------------------

2 Meriuether---------------------.--..---- 5. Miller----------------------------------

~~chell--------------------------- 9M) ~----------------------------

2 slcp~------------------------------ 15 ~~---------------------------- a ~------------------------------ n )(uscogee----------------------------- 65 Ilevt~--------------------------- 6 oc-e-------------------------------.

27

,: ~~~~-------.--------------------- &2ming---------- _-------- --- peach----------.------------------

4 pichens------------------------.----- Pierce---------------------------------

1~~ pi*e---_------l------------------

I,g -------------------------------- RuasId-----------------------------

,” e----- -___- -_---- -___ Qui- ----II---___ -__--_- ---- -_-

g Rabuo------------------------------- 5 Rendolpn--------------------------

R~---------------------------- 331 R~------------------------

.,g sEl‘-------------------------------- sebleu----------------------..-----

2 89 Sepin~---------------------------.-.---- u, s&,&&p---- -___ - _--_--_-_---- - ___-_

step---------------------------------- y= stnnrt-----------------------------

.---_-__-

41 Tams-------------------------------- 31 Treutlen---------------------------- 1 ------------------------------.

-er---------------------------- y6 ~----------------------------

uoirm--------------------------. z

Uparm ___---_---- -__-_--_--- -_____ w-----------------------------

g Wan----------------------------- ware-------------------------------.------

288 3, wamn-------------------------------~

20 !4

II ~~

-----_-_-_--__------------~ 3,&i, Hi----_---__--------.

Webster---------------------------- 20 vhe------------------------------~

I White----------.--------------------- 355 whltfi------------------------------ El. *ilccor--------------------------------..

52 u*llies----------------------------------.. 31 w*ll;in=on--------------------------------~

ZOL HOrth----------------------------- 75

28Z 11 Batis------------ -I------------- 1 D

II

~--------------------------.------ 73 ~--------------------------------- 35 Maai------------------------------ 22 -------------------------------- I” ii II I&&d ------______-__ - _-__--______ _

255 5 Ads-------------------------------

a II Adams -----------__-__ -_----- ---------_-


Table 2-19. Divorces and Annulments: United States, Each State and County, 197l’-Con.

eutt~-~-----------.------------

Do--------------------------------- canyrm---------------------------------- caribou---------------------------- cas*ia------------------------------ Cam--------------------------- Ckannter- ---------- - ---- ---------- Custer---------------------------- Elmw-------------------------------- prnrmlr& _-----_- - --_- - ------_-- -- ___-

c-t~------------------------ Cam--------.---------------------- C~------------------------ cunton------------------------- coLel--------------------‘--------- caok------_---------------------- Crnufa~---------------------------------- clmmer~~------------------------------ De --------------------------------. De “itt----..-----------------------

M- ______________ -- _______ - m pogc-------------------------------- Ed---------------------------------- Edwards---------------------------------- ~--------------------------- route------------------------ pmd-------------------------------- rr~--------------------- Rlltan---------------------------------- D-~~--------------------~-----

o~~Me---.------------------------------ Dnm4y------------------------- asmiltan------------------------------ Hancaelr--------------.----------------- ~------------------------- Henderson------------------;----- --- _____ -__- __-__----_ --------_- Troquoi*-------------------------- JaEbrirm--.-.---------------------------~ J---------------------------

76 s~~~----------------------------- 1 so--------------------------------

llz Scott-------------;------------------- - ~~he~--------------------------------

I.79 stark---------------------------------- 6 56 st%php~lsmr------------------------------

Tar------------------------------------ 40,156 - --_--__-__-__--_----__I___________

~ ve-~n------------------------------- *,* Webash----------------------------------

z:

A-~---------------------------------- washinston-----------------------------

138 Hayne------------------------------- Hhit=-----------------------------

=g Whiteside------------------------------- 5

g will--------------------------------------- wife--------------------------- 58, w~~ago----------------------------

Waodford-------------------------------- I.23

z ~~-5------------------------------

31 ~--------------------------------- 176 .--------------------------------

u),Sl BarthoLEmeu----------------------------- u)& -on-------------------------------

29 ~~~-------------------------------- -3 Docme-~--------------------------------

56 ~------------------------------ csrr----------------------------

52 c~s---------------------------------- 7y5 Cam-------------------------------------

26 Clqy--------------------------------------- 56 cllntan------------------------------- !55 Crawford--.-------------.------------ 30 USA-------------,-----------------

II6 hymn------------------------------ 163 Ikcatuc-----------------------------------

40 me ------------------r------------------ Do--------------------------

48 ~ois....------.---.------I---------- z -nrt---.-----------------------------

51 Fayette---- - ------ ---- -- ----,- --- 92 R~-------------------~-------- p pnmtarn--------------------------

I.65 Franklin------------------------------- 5, Ful~-~---~-------- ---------

232 oibsol----------------------------------- II Grant---------------------------

Dreene---------;---------------------- 157’ Hsmilton---------------------------

2 -ock-------i------------------------

22 eon------------------------------ 1,n.J. Hendricks------------------------------

pot -------------------------------;---- 95 ~-----------------------------------

333 =~---------------------------


Table 2-19. Divorces and Annulments: United States, Each State and County, 1971-&n.

Area

IOWR-CCm.

no---------------------------- Fraoklin--.-------------------------- -~~----------------------------- Greene---------------...----------- orrmay------------------------ ~~~------;------------------------- ~~------------------------------- &ancaclt------------------------------ ~-------------------------------- HMi~~;-----------------------

------------------------------ ~----------.--------------- ~~~-------------------------------- ~dn-------------------------------------- ~--------------------------------------- JBcksOn--------------------------------- Jnmer---------------------------------- Jepfei.on---------------------------- Joholco---------------------------- J-s----------------------------------

~~~-------------------------------- Mrruth--------------------------------- us----------------------------------- Ann----------------------------- -sB------------------------------ Iuca+------------------------- b ______ -___-- _____ -___- ____ - ______ -~cm---------------------------- N~a-------------------------------- ~~------------------------------

HaPshall-----------L-------------- Nillr---------------------------------- ~~------------------------- Man------------------------------ Honme----------------------------- &%=.a--- ____ -__- ____________ -_ Mascara---------------------- o’~t~----------------------- oIEeol*------------------------ pege ____ -___-_--__-- ______ -___-

paLo Ay+a----------- ____ --- Plymouth----------------------- ~c-~~--------------------------- Polk---------------------------- Fd&*vatt* -_--- -------- ___--- -- Roverhiek------------------------- I(inggold ___-_-_ --_--_-_-__-- ____ -- so-------------------------- Scott---.-.---- ____ --___-i- sb~~.-.------------.------------------~

siaa----------------------------- So---.-----.---------------------- ------------------------------- Taylm----------------------------- “nice-------------------------------- van ~~----------------------------- “ape---.------------------------ w---------------------------------- we4hingtan------------------------- ueyne---------------------------------

~~~stcr---------------------------------- ~~=~~------------------------------ Hinac~~hick------------------------------- wm---------..---------------------- Horth------.---------------------------- “rig------------------------------

~sor------------------------

Illlen------------------------ &l&T.oII-------- -__- ------ *tchisoll-- ----- -----_----- Bazber----------------------- Barton------;--------------------- Bnubrm----------------------- a ____ --__-_--_----__-_-_ ButLer-------------- chase---------------------- c&&a~-----------

Cherolree-------------------- Ch~---------.------------- Clark------------- clay _____ --------y---z--- c-------------------~ copfey-------------------------- ce--- ____ -----:---_- c-y----------:------------- Cry---------“------;----------- Deca~--------~,-------------------

Ilicldarcm---------------- ~iphnn----------.------------- nouplas---------“------------- g-~-.-----------------------

m, ,xnmn.- ____ -_- ____ -__-_-----_-_ carter------------------------------

36 ulsey--------------------------- ; -atian------------------------

c---------------------------------- 105 clay-.--------------------------------- y clln~-----------------------------

C~~enden----------------------------- 36 cllberl~----------------------------- 4. Davieas--------------------------------- 7 Earn---------------------------------

“: FJJg,y& __________ -_--- -_---_--_-- --_-

z sstUI--------------.------------- Fayette-------------------------------

lo; N-- ____ - ____ -__- ___-________-- -- -------- _____ ---__-___-_- ~~--------------------------

24; Fulton------------------------- oaLlatin---------- ____ --__-_-__

ZJ oarrsrd------------------------------- g Grsnt--------------------------

,“, bus---------------------------- -an------------------- ____

26 Green--------- I---_ -------- 1l odes-------------------------

-OCR------------------------- ,“, tfardin-----------------------------

2oo Bnrlon-------------------------------- 2, Harrison-------------------------------

---------------------------

z ~mr------------------------- ~ --- _-__ --_- ____ -__-___- -______ -_ 5 ~---------------------------

15 trapldns------------------------------ J-an---------------------------

;: Jeffwon------------------------------ ~~esil~---------------------------

F6 Jmon-------------.--- ---- 2~ Bontclr--------------------------

L(notf------------------------- 26 39 Rnax------------------------------------- 8 ---------------------------

*,.( ---------------------------- s lawcence------------------------- 26 lee----------------------------.

x3 lepLle--..-....-..-------I-_______I---------

& lincoln---------------------------- 216 ail---------------------------

28 Losrm------------------------------- 2,019 m __________________ -__--_-- _______

es M~~~~------------------------------ 975 McCreary--------------------------------

5 Moan----------------------------------- 41 IBdibon------------------------------ 15 nsg------------------------ 3.2 “Erie----------------------------

5 Mars------------------------------------ 9 nap---------------.---------------

4x MB6rm---------------------------- 17 )neade---------------------------.-----

2 Meniiee------------------------- 32 -=-----------------------------

1 ~------------------------- “, ~---------------------------------

~~---.------------------------- 57 ~---------------------------- IB -mberg-------- _-_- --_- ___-

946 axon---------------------------------

u,J,kl m~--------m----mee- ohlo...---------------

43 rw.ahE+----- ----- ----------_ 40 ouen-------------------------- 18 ~ley---------------------- 31 ~-------------------------

m perru------------- _-__-_____-___ 33 --------------------------

Is, pouell----~-------- ________- 99 -la------------------------------- 45 Bobertsm-----------------------------.

227 Roekcnstle---------------------------


Table 2-19. Divorces and Annulments: United States, Each State and County, 1971 -Con.

C~dwell------------------------------ c~c--------------------------------- cotimlln ---------- --- ____ ----- c1Bib-~--------------------------- crmcmdia------------------------ De soto----------------------- Eat Batan Rouse--------------------- 1-t C~0j.l. -------- --------__ En& l”eucianllr------------------- -geline-----------------------------

Pi------------------------ Grnnt---------------------------------- mc~io----------------------------- TbcrvLur----------------------------- J~~rm-------------------------

Jcif‘eraca mtis ----_- -- ---_------ I~~~~-------------------------------- ~~ehe------------------------------ la. s--------------------------

-oln-------------------------- r,i*&rm ------- --_-__---_--

Gaul----------------------- painte c-e---------------------

Red Ri--------------------- Richlond---------------------------------

2-2 4 SECTION 2 - DIVORCES

Table 2-19. Divorces and Annulments: United Sfafes, Each State and County, 1971-Con.

2, ~~beha---------------------- 22 -~---------------------- 6 -=Riw-----------------------~

2n Pery ------- -_---__- _____ & Fike ----- ---_----_-_------ m pontatae -------- -----__-----. 29 Rentiss ------- -----------. ls ~-----------------------------. 1, R~--------------------------. .- 1z Scott -I-_ ------ -___ ----- ____ - ___.

1,6u) s~~----------------------~ s S~cm-------------------------

~~--------------------------- z s------------------------------.

E So--------------------------. Tallahstcbie------------------- Tate------------------------.

$ ~ppab--..-----------------. ,m 5Tisa ---------- --__-- ______. 1, DJKca -----------I- --- ______.

use------------------------------. ,“, Ham--------------------------------.

:: “-en--------------------------------. Wan-----------.----------------. wasne-----------------------------.

,; Webster------------------------. WilbinsOn -I---------- ---__-__.

,; We----------------------- YG.&b----- I----- - _-_--- --_-

g I----------------------------.

Pa. ~=nni--.-------------------.

15 9 Adair-------------------------------.

lz

-RI----------------.-------------. *tehin~----------------------------.

6 *adrain--------------------------------. B----.-.-------------------------.

B 936 Bartolr----------------------------. Bates---- -I------ -----_----.

,” Bentrm---------------------------. solliop~---------------------

e5 Bcane ----- --_- __-__-_

68 Buebanan --I---- ------ _____________ 17 Emtler I---- - --_- - ____ -- _--____

Es ce--- ------ - ______ - ____ -_. 47 caueuay---- -___ -------- _-__ 18 cmnden---------.---------------- 68 cope G~ao----------------------.- 17 ‘Cwoll-----------------------------

carter------------.---------------

HlsBmlri--con. 65 JahlLlop--------------------------

I77 Knmr-------------------------- lm -de------------------------------- In. ~~~~----.------------------------- 94 lavrence--------------------------------

122 leuls-------------------------------- 55 solo--------------------------------

II5 ~~----------------------------------- 32 ~i~atmr----------------------------- 24 ~-------------------------------

E wBc~------------.-.----------- lladisan -----I------ -__-------

163 Hsri=.--------------------- ~ ~~---------------------------- 96 mrcer -1------- - -__- -- -________

Hiller---------------------------- .g Wisa~aai~i----------------------------

-~~--------------------------------- ;: ~------------------------------- BB ~~ScMlr----------------------------

~~-------------------------------- g NRMaMd-------------------------

xevtm I----_ --__-_-_-_- _-_- ----_ z lroarnrey -I------- -------_-- ____ -_-

E orrgon------------------------------ Ob~----------------------------------

55 (key-----------------------------...

I: -EOt--------------------------- ---- ______- -----_-- -__-____

2, pettis------------..------------- Phelpr-------.-------------------------

71 -------------------------------------- 40 Platte----------------------------------

:g ----------------------------------. ~----------------------------

67 ~-----r------------------------ 17 Rrua--------------------------- z n-~~~---------.--.-.----------

,” Rey-------.---.-.--------------- Rrgnolda ----- - _-__ -_---- ____________ ~~~--------------~-----~-

19,wJ St. Charles ------- ----------___ St.. clair--------------.-----------

m St. ~rmeoia--------------------- 2s St. -a--------------.---------------- *& St. Iml3.n kdepdwlt city) ----------- 93 Sk owe---------------------------

E

i

SaLin -II---------_-- - _--_-_________ Sag---------------------------

z scdlMd-II--I---------------- Scott----------------------------------

25 ~mr-------------------------------- 333 So--------------------------------

stoddard------------~--------------- 2 stone----------------------------------

2 *ullivrm----------------------- Taney----.-.----------------------- Texas--------------------------------

,g “ernr------------------------------------ ~ warren------------------------------- B Wan---------------------------

I.16 we=----------.-.---------------------- 23 webste*------..------------------ 26 Yorth------------------------- 63 meht--.---------------------


Table 2-19. Divorces and Annulments: United States, Each State and County, 1971-&n.

AI-Z@.

&4omb.nee-LaL

LhColn -__---- - --___-I--___ - -----_-_---. “eCaae-------------------------------- Mad(*on------.------------------------ Head-------------------------------. ulll~~----------------------------. N~aBoYl--------------.----------------- MUa~~-------------------------- park __-__ - ---______ ---- _-_-_ ----_-. pot------------------------------ PhLWpa------------------------------ Fondera--------------------------------- luwaez Riwr--------------------.-------- poxell---------------------------------- -e---------------------------- &.“&lli-- _---________-_-____ --- -____. Rieuma __-__________---____--- - -______-_. R~a-~----------------------------- Rosebud---------------------------------- 8~aerri----------------------------~ Shp~~------------------------- oil- BOY------------------------~ stillrater--------------------------. Bve& gsB*------------------------------. ~‘etrm----------------------------- ale---------------------------------- ~c.-------------------------- vet------------------------------- Wheatland----------------------------- ~~~nu*------------------------------- Yenamtone-------------------------,-- Yen.ml~tane Ilatianal park----------------

Nebrssfra------------------------

~B----------------------------------- Ant=~=--------------------------- ~.--------------------------- Bag-------------------------------- Blnine-------------------------------- Bocme---------------------------------- Box ale---------------------------- sora.---.----.----------------------- Bra--------------------.-------------- ~-----.------------------------- rju+ _____________-________________ -___-_ Butler--------------------------- cLuIs------------------------------------ cedar---------------------------------- chnnc------------------------- cherryi--------------------------------- Cll~-------------------.--------. Ok------.--------------------- colf~------------------------------------ coins------------------------------- Custer---------------------------- D-ru----------------------- ~~~------------------------------- =avacm---------------------------- WI__-- - __~____--_--_______--~----- Pi------------------------------------ I%=+-- _-_---_____ -__--_- ____- ---__ DDuglas -___ - ______ - _-_- -- _-_- ----_ hmsy ________ - ____ - _---_______- - _______ ~-------------------------- ~~----.--------------------------- pmlltiu-------------------------- R1Foaa-------.-----------------.------- (lag=---------------------------------- Ogden--------------------------------- (lo-----.--------------------- Do-------.--------------------- Drant----------------------------- D~clcy.-----.-.-------------------- “@Ll -------I_-----------___ - -----_- ---

knoll------------------------------ ~~---------------------------------- Hages-- _---- - ______ -- __---_ -___-__ Ritcheak------r---------------- Halt----------,------------.-------- ~~~----------------------------- A-d----------------------------------- Jolson------------------------------ J-O”----------------------------- big-------------------------- K&h ____--_--_______________ - _______ Key0 pnha------------------------ Klmb~------------------------------ L[nox------------------------------------- -aster---------------------------- Line*------------------------------ Ia%~---------.-.----------------------- hq ------ -- ______-----_ - ______-______ - Hcpher~~~------------------------------ Hadiaoo----------------------------------

Boo fcatna~S at ena of table.

9 nnlah --.---_-______- -__--- -______. 9 Pi-.-.-.--------------------------

30 Grant--------------------------------~ II Is Ouadalvpe ----__----------__--------------


Table 2-19. Divorces and Azinulments: United States, Each State and County, 1971-Con.

chathara----------------.------------ Cherokee--------------------------

hrplin----- __-_- ---- ____

~~-----------.--.-------------

Ed&ecc,oh ---I-_ - ___-I---- --- Forsyt&-.--------.------------

D~ah~------------------------.- oranviLl---------------------- ore----------- ____ -- -_____

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l&w Hanover--------------------------

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; scioto---------------------------.

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Table 2-19. Divorces and Annulments: United States. Each State and County, 1971-&n.

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14 ~~anon------...----------------------- I&&+ -------- --- ___________________

115 Verne---------------------------- 98 @aming --------__-__ - _____ - ______-____ m

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pern __-____- -- ____ -- _____ - _________ 58 58 EMlde1phls- ------------- -_--_-_-- -___

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schlo----.-------------------- 73 Sag--.------------------------------

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758 *bbwillc-------------------.------- 8 -B---------------------------

5,545 -dale------------------------------- xl7 Anderson---.-----------------------

25 SC&h Do---------------------

445

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z Butte---------------------------- crmrpbeLI---------.-------------------

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mJ&,es ---------- ---....-___i ___-___ 1,803 arm------------------------------ Qlc -------I-- --- _____ --__----__ 55 J-on-------------------------- 299 Jersuld----------------------. 166 JAMB-------------------------------- Y.,uJ K%g*auy- ---- - ____ ----_-----_-_ Im 6ahe--------------------------------- lawrence-l----------------------------- 6,651 -oln----------------------------------- 3, @mar, ------I--_ --- ______ - __________ 198 Mecoor------------------------------.-- 7 “~~8~---------------------------------- 323 Mslshlrll--------------------------

1,403


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9 I(ent------------------------------------- 33 ------------------------------------

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32 tsrmb--------------------------- 87 ~asas-------------------------

10 La Salle-------------------------- 12 6-b----------------------------

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29 -st--l-ll-I_--- ---_----- 1,241 =~ipreanb------------------

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373 lubbae~-------------------------------



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6 oarfield------------------------------- g Grand--------------------------------------

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2 ban Juan------------------------------------ 35 sarrpete------------------------------------

33 sn;ier------------------------------------ 23 Sag-----------------------------------

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22 Utah-----------------.--------------------- z7l Illrsnteh--.----------------------------------

3.l wwfigtm ____________________--------------

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z; c*donisr-------------------------------- chltteaden.-------------------------------

l$ Bssex--------------------------------------- Pry------------------------------

56 OIMd stale--------------------------------

,; ~~Llle-----------------------,------------ or-----------------------------.--------

2 orlenns------------------------------------- Itutlnnd------------------------------------

2 wasbiogton------------------------------- “~~--------------------------r--------

y “inbsor-----------------------------------

495 v~--------------------------

z ~c(DIBek------------------------------- 2 Illb-~----------------------------------

z

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3 Amherst----------------------------------- Apprmattm----------------------------------

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Bath---------------------------------------- --- Beg-------------------------------------

$ Blank----------------------------------- Botet-----------------------------------

72 Bock---------..-------------------- 37* Buchanan------------------------------------

1,764 a”~--------------------------------- -; cempaeu-----------------------------------

z

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58 c~---------------------------------

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3-l. Marriages, divorces and annulments,. and rates: Puerto ,Rico and Virgin Islands, 1940-71------------------------------------------------------

3-2. Marriages and divorces and annulments: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and county equivalents, 1971 --_---------- - ----------------_---------------

3-3. Marriages by month marriage performed: ‘Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1971 ----------------------------------------------------------------

3-4. Marriages by day of week marriage performed: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1971 -----------------------------------------------~----------

3-5. Marriages by resident status of bride and groom in area where married: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, -1971 -----------~-------------------‘---

3-6. Marriages by marriage order and age of bride and groom: Puerto Rico and Virgin I&&s, 1971 -----_--_-_--_--_i--------------------------------

3-7. First marriages of both bride and groom,, by age of bride, .by age of groom: Puerto Rico ad Virgin Islands, 1971 __________________ - ____ - ___________

3-8. Marriages by previous marital status of bride and groom: Puerto Rico and

3-9. Marriages by number of this marriage of bride and groom: Puerto Rico and Virgin &lads, 1971 ______________-_________________________----------

3-10. Divorces and annulments by specified characteristics: Virgin Islands, 1971 --

3-11. Divorces and annulments by specified characteristics of husband and wife: Virgin Islands, 1971 --_--_--_------__-_-------------------------------

3-12. Divorces and annulments by duration of marriage and number of children under 18 years of age: Virgin Islands, 1971-----------------_-----------------

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Reporting areas

Marriage data are. shown for both Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Divorce totals are shown for b&h Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and detailed divorce statistics for the Virgin Islands only.

Geographic classification ’

Data are shown by place of occurrence. Totals are shown for the local a&s St. Croix Island and St. John and St. Thomas Islands (the latter two combined) in the Virgin Islands and for the primary geographic subdivisions, “municipios,” in Puerto Rico. Courts empowered to gmnt divorces are located only in a few mticipios in Puerto Rico; residents of other municipios obtain divorces in these courts.

Race and color

For 1971, brides and grooms are not shown by color for either Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. Husbands and wives divorced in I971 are classified as white or all other for the Virgin Islands.

Section P-the Technical Appendix-includes information about tbe sample specifications, sampling .errors, and completeness of reporting for these statistics from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

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Table 3-1. Marriages, Divorces and Annulments, and Rates: Puerto ‘Rico and Virgin Islands, 1940-71 @?&a are SUpplied by reporti”g areas. Rates per 1, ow total ppulatia” in each area except as Mtel

I

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1968-----------------------------------------------

1961---------------------------------------------

1966----------------------------------------------

Table 3-2: Marriages and Divorces and Annulments: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and County Equivalents, 1971

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Table 3-3. Marriages by Month Marriage Performed: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1971 ,lIhti~~e.~ppUed ty repD& area.g

Ares Total Jan. Feb. Msr. Are. “W - Jhly w. Sept. Oct. tbv, ‘Des.

poertO~~0 ------------------- ----------- 29,740 2,570 2,240 z,zm 2,050 2,6p5 z,Bu) 5,275 1,93s 1,Lm z,445 1,485 qxa v&.&h -an------------------------- 1,667 72 lco 27.3 LB0 136 Es 147 14s 105 Il.2 1*9 l.E5

Table 3-4. Marriages by Day of Week Marriage Performed: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1971 [U Ior Puerto WC0 based on a wlmple]

k Total sl=w - mJ=aw weaneac%w mJ=sti mhY saw

-Rice-------------------.--------.---.--. zs,,m 1,790 1,860 2,9P, e,=J 2,525 5,225 l&m ye,& Tslendn---------------------------------- 1,667 lo7 I.25 * 195 20, 205 242 586

Table 3-5. Marriages by Resident Stat4 of Bride and Groom in Area Where Married: Puerto Rico and

Virgin Islands, 1971 ,RLcokwed ma

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Table 3-6. Marriages by Marriage Order and Age of Bride and Groom: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1971

Table 3-7. First Marriages of Both Bride and Groom, by Age of Bride, by Age of Groom: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1971

[Dati for Puerto WC0 based OJI a sample]

.%mslwm Are.? sod age Of kMe Tutal

-zv Eo-24 P5-34 JIyears Ye@.= Y-=s -= andOWE

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Table 3-8. Mtmiages by Previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1971 ~fO~PU&OFSCObSdO~ZL9SUl&l

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Table 3-10. Divorces and Annulments by Specified Char acteristics: Viiin Islands, 1971

Table 311. Divorces and Annulments. by Specified Char- acteristics of Husband and Wife: Virgin Islands, 1971

Table 3-12. Divorces and Annulments by .Duration of Marriage and Number of Children Under 18 Years of Age:

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Sources of data ...................... 4-3 Registration areas ................... 4-3 Standard certificates ........ . ........ 44 Nationwide counts .................. 4-5 Characteristics of marriages and divorces .... 4-7 Marriages and marriage rates with seasonal ad-

justments ...................... 4-8

Sample design ....................... 4-8 Obtainmg the records ................ 4-x Sampling procedures ................. 4-8

Estimating procedures ................. 4-9 Area totals ....................... 4-9

Frequencies ...................... 4-9 Percents and rates .................. 4-9 Allocation ....................... 4-9 children involved in divorces ........... 4-9

Sampling errors ...................... 4-l 0 <

Nonsampling errors ................... 4-12 Incomplete reporting ................ 4-l 2 Other sources of error ................ 4-12

Symbols used in tables ................. 4-l 2

Figure 4-1. Standard Certificate of Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4-2. Standard Certificate of Absolute Divorce or Annuhnent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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4-3. Areas participating in the marriage-registration area and those maintaining central files: United States, 1971. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

4-4. Areas participating in the divorce-registration area and those maintaining central files: United States, 1971. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 4-7

Table 4-1. Sources of marriage and divorce data: United States, 1867-1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

4-2. Years central files of marriage and divorce records were established and years areas were .,admitted to the marriage- and divorce-registration areas: ‘1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . 4-14

43. Selected items of statistical information on marriage records of marriage-registration States: 1971_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

44. Selected items of stat’istical information on divorce or annulment records of divorce- registration States: 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 4-16

4-5. Marriage sample-samphng rates and samule size: Marriage-Registration area, each registration State, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands, 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

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Table 4-6. Marriage sample-samphng error of estimated frequency expressed as percentage of area

total: Marriage-registration area, each registration State, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands, 1971........................................................

4-7. Divorce Sample-sampling rates and sample size: Divorce-registration area, each registration State, and Virgin Islands, 1971. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4-8. Divorce sample-sampling error of estimated frequency expressed as percentage of area total: Divorce-registration area, each registration State, and Virgin Islands, 1971. . . . . . .

4-9. Percent of marriage records on which specified characteristics were not stated: Marriage-regisration area and each registration State, 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s . . .

4-10. Percent of divorce and annulment records on which specified characteristics were not stated: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1971

4-l 1. Population of marriage- and divorce-registration areas, 195 7-7 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4-12. Total resident population: United States, 1920-71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4-13. Estimated total resident population: United States, each region, division, and State, Puerto Rico,andViiginIslands, JuIy1,1971.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4-14. Estimated unmarried resident population 14 years of age and over, by age, marital status, and sex: Marriage-Registration area, July 1,197l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SECTION 4. TECHNICAL APPENDIX

SOURCES OF DATA Registration areas

Marriage and divorce statistics currently are based on information from two sources: (1) Complete counts of events obtained from all States and (2) samples of marriage and divorce certificates from States meeting certain reporting criteria.

State and local officials ammally provide complete counts of marriages and divorces by county of occurrence and marriages by month of occurrence. From these counts, marriage and divorce totals are derived and rates computed for publication for each State, geographic division, region, and the United States. For marriages a total is also derived for the marriage-registration area (Ml&A).

Sample records are selected from microfilm copies of the original certificates received from the registration offices of States and areas comprising the marriage-registration area and the divorce-registration area (DRA). The statistical information on these records, including data on the characteristics of marriages and divorces and the persons involved in them, is edited, classified, transferred to tape for computer processing, and tabulated in the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The marriage totals for the MRA and each State in the MRA. derived from sample data differ slightly from those obtained from the complete count described above. The two published divorce totals for each State in the DRA also vary slightly. Only one total for the DRA, based on sample data, is published.

Marriage and divorce statistics for the United States and for the registration areas are limited to events occurring during the year and registered within the specified area. Tabulations for States and other areas are by place of occurrence and include events occurring to nonresidents. Marriages or divorces of members of the Armed Forces or other U.S. nationals that occur outside the United States are excluded. United States refers to the 50 States and-the Dis- trict of Columbia. Alaska has been included in the U.S. tabulations since 1959 and Hawaii, since 1969. Data for Puerto Rico :and the Virgin Islands were processed separately from the rest of the M.RA and DRA and appear in Section 3 of this volume.

Sources of marriage and divorce data since 1867 are shown in table 4-1; a description of these sources can be found in Section 7, Volume III, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1960.

Registration areas for the collection of marriage and divorce statistics were established in 1957 and 1958, respectively. Similar in concept to the registration, areas developed earlier to promote national na- tality and mortality statistics, they included States with adequate programs for collecting marriage and divorce statistics. Criteria for participation in the registration areas are

1. A central file of marriage or divorce records.

2. A statistical report form conforming closely in content to the Standard Certificate of Marriage (figure 4-l) or Standard Certificate of Absolute Divorce or Annulment (figure 4-2).

3. Regular reporting to the State office by all local areas in which marriages or divorces are recorded.

1 4. Tests for completeness and accuracy of marriage

or divorce registration to be carried out in coop- eration with NCHS.

When established, the MRA (figure 4-3) included 28 States and, in addition, all of New York except New York City, Alaska, Hawaii, PuertoRico, and the Virgin Islands. Nebraska was admitted to the MRA soon after it was established in 1957; Kentucky, in 1959; the District of Columbia, Indiana, and Massa- chusetts,. in 1961; Illinois and North Carolina, in 1964;’ New York City and West Virginia, in 1965; Missouri, in 1968; and Minnesota a+ South Carolina were admitted in 1971. By 1971, 41 States, the Dis- trict of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the. Virgin Islands were participants. (Two independent registration areas, New Orleans and New York City, were part of the MRA in 1971. New Orleans and the rest of the State of Louisiana have participated in the MRA since it was established; New York State was a charter member, but the city’ of New York did not participate until 1965.) Table 4-2 shows when States and independent areas established central files and when they began participating in the MRA and DRA.

When established, the DRA (figure 44) included 14 States, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Virgin Islands. Maryland and Kansas were admitted in 1959; Michigan and Missouri, in 1961; Ohio, in 1962; Rhode &land, in 1963; California, Connecticut, Jllinois, and Vermont in 1968; Kentucky and New

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York, in 1969; and South Carolina was admitted in 1971. Thus, 29 States and the Virgin Islands were included in the DRA by 1971.

In the statistical ‘tabulations in this vohime Marriage-registration area refers to the 41 States and the District of Columbia. Diuorce-registration area refers to the 29 States. Marriages in the MRA accounted for 81 percent of all marriages in the United States in 1971 and divorces in the DRA accounted for 61 percent of all divorces.

Standard certificates

The Standard Certificate of Marriage (figure 4-l) and the Standard Certificate of Absolute Divorce or

Annulment (figure 4-2), issued by the Public Health Service, serve as the principal means of getting com- parable data from documents used to collect information on marriages and divorces in the United States. These model reporting forms, prepared in close collaboration with the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics, were first recommended to the States in 1954 for adoption January 1,1955, and stood without revision through 1967.

Revised standard certificates were recommended to the States for use beginning January 1,1968, New items added to the marriage certificate were education of bride and groom, date last marriage ended if previously married, and identification of the officiant as religious or civil. New items added to the divorce

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certificate were approximate date couple separated, education of husband and wife, name of attorney for plaintiff, number of previous marriages ended by death or by divorce or annulment, and total number of living children.

Each State and independent registration area determines the form and content of its vital records. Consequently the records vary in certain details. Although modified in each State as required by particular needs or by special provisions of State laws, the marriage and divorce certificates of most States in the MRA and DRA conform closely to the standard certificates.

Table 4-3 lists items on the Standard Certificate of Marriage and shows which States had the items on

their forms in 1971. Table 4-4 shows the same information for the Standard ‘Certificate of Absolute Di- vorce or Annulment.

Nationwide counts

In 1971 the total counts of marriages by State and county were furnished from central files ofmar- riage records for the.47 States maintaining them and for the District of Columbia. Counts. for the. five boroughs of the city of New York and for New Orleans were supplied by the registration officials of Manhattan and New Orleans, respectively. In the areas without central files the counts were obtained from l&al - officials. State officials reported for


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MARRIAGE-REGISTRATION AREA STATUS-1971

Arizona and Oklahoma. NCHS obtained county totals directly from county officials in New Mexico.

Total counts of marriages performed were requested from local registration officials. However, aIl but two counties in Arizona and all of the counties in New Mexico reported the number of marriage licenses issued. Each registration official reported marriages performed in the other 48 States and the District of Columbia. The number ‘of marriage licenses issued is usuaIIy 1 or 2 percent greater than the number of marriages performed. (See page 2-1, Section 2, Volume I, Vitul Statistics of the United states, 1959.)

Total counts of divorces and annulments by State and county were furnished from central files of the

46 States maintaining them and from the District of Columbia. (Although Louisiana maintains central files, counts for some parishes of Louisiana were obtained by NCHS directly from IocaI officials.) For three of the States without cent& files of divorce records-Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma-State officials conducted special surveys to obtain county totals. NCHS obtained county totals directly from local officials in Indiana. Divorces and annulments were not reported for one county or more in the following States: Indiana (19), Missouri (l), New A4exico (S), and Texas (12).

The national total of divorces and annulments includes estimates for the 19 counties of Indiana and the 8 counties of New Mexico that did not report.

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The estimates prepared by NCHS assume that the rate in nonreporting areas of the State was the same as that observed for the reporting areas.

Characteristics of marriages and divorces

Each year statistical information on characteristics of marriages and divorces is provided by the States participating in the registration areas. Items that are adequately reported are processed from the sample records of each State.

The items processed for marriages in the MRA in 1971 were State of marriage, month and day of week of marriage, and the following items relating to characteristics of bride and groom: State of birth,

date of birth or age, residence status, race, number of this marriage, and previous marital status.

For divorces in 1971 the items processed were State where divorce was granted, number of children, month and year of marriage (from which duration of marriage is obtained), and the following items relating to husband and wife: Date of birth or age, race, and number of this marriage.

Items on the standard certificates of marriage and divorce added after the 1968 revision were processed for 1971 but the tabulations were not included in this volume. For marriages the new items were date last marriage ended and education of the bride and groom.

For divorces the new items on the certificate were

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PIVORCE-REGISTRATION AREA STATUS-1971


total number of living children, approximate date couple separated, number of previous marriages ended by death, divorce, or annuhnent, and education of husband and wife. Tables using this data vvill be added to the annual volume when a sufficient number of the States in the registration areas have adopted an item and report it with a level of completeness that permits publication of the data for a group of States. Approximate date couple separated will be used to compute duration of marriage to separation and duration of separation to divorce.

Most of the items tabulated for marriages in 1971 were on the certificates of nearly all the States in the MRA. Items on age at marriage or date of birth and State of residence were included by every State,--and were well reported.

Information about previous marriages of the bride and groom is obtained from two items: Number of this marriage and previous marital status. For the Dis- trict of Columbia and the 36 States that requested both items on their marriage certificates, first mar& ages’ and remarriages could be identified if either item was stated. Idaho, Maryland, and Oregon’requested only the item on previous marital status. For these States the number of not stated cases for the missing item (number of this marriage) was reduced by the number of cases assumed to be first marriages because previous marital status was stated as single. Michigan and Ohio requested only ‘%mmber of times previously married.” Not stated cases for the missing item (previous marital status) were reduced by the number of persons assumed to be single because they had been previously married “0” times.

As an item; race is poorly reported on marriage certificates. The item appears on tb.e forms of all States except California, Maryland, Michigan, New York, and Ohio. Massachusetts discontinued reporting race during 1971 and consequently the item was not reported for about 40 percent of the marriages in that State. The race item appeared on the Illinois forms but the data was not recorded on 46 percent of the records. Due to an error in processing, race was not coded.for more than half of the Idaho records., AK in all, of the 1,770,654 marriages in the MRA in 1971, Tace or color was not stated for 649,757 marriages, about 37 percent of the total.

Sbme items from the divorce certificates were coded and tabulated but not published because the item was not answered bn many of the forms. These items are education df husband and wife and number of previous marriages that ended with death or with divorce. Tables 4-3, 4-4, 4-9, and 4-10 show which items appear on the records of the registration States and how well they are reported by each State.

Marriages and marriage rates with seasonal adjustments

For all years appearing in table l-4 the number of marriages and the marriage rates have been adjusted, as in previous years, for large seasonal fluctuations and for the effect of the number of Saturdays and Eridays in each month. Beginning in 1970 the adjustments for Lent were discontinued because of the lessening influence of Lent on marriages. Most religious denominations have relaxed or abolished their rules against marriage during that period.

SAMPLE DESIGN

Obtaining the records

Each year the States participating in the MR4 and the DRA prepare and submit microfilm copies of their records to NCHS. Further processing, including sample selection, code pnnching, verification, and tabulation, is carried out by NCHS.

Marriages refer to all marriages performed in 19X1 within the MRA and divorces refer to all decrees of absolute divorce, dissolution of marriage, and annulment that were granted during 1971 within the DRA.’ Interlocutory divorce decrees (or “nisi” decrees, which grant the divorce to take permanent effect at a specific time in the future if the couple does not reconcile in the meantime) are included among the records of ‘the States that grant them, usually for the year in which they were granted.

Sampling marriage and divorce records for States in the registration areas was initiated in 1960. For ,ea$ier years data on characteristics had been com- piled from predesigned tables submitted by the States.

!&mpling procedures

The marriage sample was designed to yield estimates of State totals as well as frequency distributions. These estimates were made for the total MRA, each State in the MRA, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. A sampling rate was designated for each of the MRA States so that the selected,sample for it would consist of at least 2,500 records. Five different sampling rates were used: All records, l/2, l/5, l/10, and l/20. The overall ratio for the MRA in 1971 was l/9.

Sampling procedures for the divorce sample parallel those for the marriage sampIe. A sampling rate was selected so that the sample for each DRA State would contain at least 1,000 records. Four different sampling rates were used: All records, l/2, l/5, and l/10. Overall about l/5 of the records were selected for the DRA sample in 1971.

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Although each State’s records were sampled independently, each group of States with the same sampling rate was treated as a stratum for the. com- puting of sampling errors for the MRA and DRA. The sampling rates, number of events, and sample cases by State for 1971 are shown in tables 4-5 (marriages) and 4-7 (divorces).

ESTIMATINi;’ PROCEDURES

Area totals

The figures obtained from complete counts of events furnished by the State and local offices differ slightly from the estimated totals based on sample data. When possible, major differences between the sample totals ‘and the independent counts for each reporting State are reconciled before the sarnple’data are weighted and tabulated.

For marriages the 1971 complete count of the reporting States in the MRA and the sampIe estimated differed by less than 1.0 percent. For the individual reporting States the complete ‘counts and the sample counts differed by less than 1 percent for ‘33 States and the District of Columbia, by less than 4 percent for seven others, and by 6.7percent for Maine.

For divorces the 1971 complete count and the sample estimated differed by 0.3 percent. The difference was less than 2 percent for each reporting State except Alabama where it was 2.7, and Utah where it was 5.6 percent.

Frequencies Procedures for estimating frequency distributions

for various characteristics were similar for the marriage and divorce samples. Frequencies were estimated in two steps. 1.

2.

Each sample case was assigned a weight which was the reciprocal of the ‘sampling ratio used to select the case. If a marriage record was selected from a State with a sampling ratio of l/10, that record was assigned a weight of 10; if 100 percent of the records were processed from a State, each such rec&d was assigned-a weight of 1.

Tabulated counts consisted of summing the weights of the records. Thus each frequency distribution such as age at marriage of first-married brides is a sum of the weighted sample cases in- eluded.

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The weights for aB sample records are identical within each State. However, as shown in tables 4-5 and 4-7, the weights for marriage records vary from 1 to 20 and those for divorce records, from 1 to 10 among the registration States. Therefore, for the

MRA and DRA, any two approximately equal frequencies may have different sampling errors, varying with the proportion of cases from each stratum included in the estimate.

Percents and rates

Percents shown in the tables appearing in Sections 1 and 2 were computed from data excluding numbers of not stated cases. Rates appearing in Sections 1,2, and 3 were based on population data provided by the .U.S. Bureau of the Census (tables 4-11 through 4-14). Rates for 1940,1950, 1960, and 1970 are based on the population enumerated as of April 1 in the censuses of those years. Rates for all other years are based on the estimated midyear (July 1) population for the respective year. These population estimates include Armed Forces stationed in the United States but exclude the Armed Forces abroad, except for divorce rates for 194146.

Allocation

Because. States in the DRA vary radicaIIy in the extent to which items are reported on the divorce records, no allocations were made prior to tabulation of the divorce data. On the marriage records, values were allocated for ages of bride and groom and date of marriage. These items have been reported with 99 percent or more completeness since 1960.

&&iren involved in divorces

To obtain national-esti f

ates for 1970 and 1971, the average number of ch, pren per decree for the DRA was multiplied by fil\\nationaI divorce total. From 1965 to 1969 a differ I$ procedure was used: The average number of chikhe

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per decree was computed for the 16 States that 1 ,d reported children with a satisfactory degree of coFpleteness in 1965 (Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, @nsas, Michigan,

\ Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) and the national divorce total was multi: plied by this average. This method was also used to revise figures for the years 1961-64 originally estimated by using a .different method, Consequently data for these years shown in table 2-9 differ from figures appearing in Volume III, IGrfrZ Statistics of the Unitid States; prior to the 1965 issue.

in 1960 the estimate was based on sample data for the- United States. ‘For earlier years total counts from States- reporting . . the number of children involved were used to estimate the children involved in divorce for the United States.


SAMPLING ERRORS

Statistics for States where ah records were used have no sampling error. For other States each statistic has a sampling error (or standard error denoted a(x)). The sampling error is primarily a measure of variations that occur by chance because a sample of records is surveyed rather than the entire population. The sampling error can be computed because within each State or registration area the probability that a record is chosen for the sample is known (either l/2, 115, l/10, or l/20 shown in tables 4-5 and 4-7). For about 68 percent of all possible samples of equal size the estimate from the sample would differ from the value obtained from a complete census by less than the standard error. For about 95 percent of ah. samples the difference would be less than twice the standard error.

Sampling errors are shown in table 4-6’for marriages and table 4-8 for divorces. To facilitate com- parisons of sampling errors among registration States with widely varying totals of marriages or divorces. the sampling errors ‘for the registration areas and participating States are shown for frequencies expressed as percents of State or of registration area totals. For example, table. l-15 shows 182,979 brides under 18 years of age in the 1971 MRA. This estimated frequency is about 10 percent of all brides in the MRA. Entering table 4-6 under the column “10 or 90” in the row for the total MRA we find the sampling error 1,420. Thus, chances are about 68 out of 100 that the actual number of marriages of brides under 18 years of age is between 181,559 and 184,399 (182,979 + 1,420).

Estimated sampling errors can be calculated from the formula

where i = a State or geographic area

i = a subclass, like the age group of bride

Ni = the final count of events reported by each State (table l-6)

ni = the number of sample records in State i (table 4-5)

pij = estimated percent of ah cases with the characteristic to be studied (spread margin of -table 4-6 under “1 or.99 > ” “2 or 98,” “3 or 97,” etc.)

qii = 1 -pij

xii = Nipij, the estimated frequency of the characteristic under study.

In this formula we see that when the number of sample records, or, is the same as the total marriages, Ni, the numerator becomes zero and there is no sampling error for States that have a loo-percent sample. We also see that because the values of pii and qii are compIementary, their product (piiqii) remains the same if the two are reversed. Therefore, the esti. mated sampling error for an estimate of 5 percent is the same as the sampling error for 95 percent. Rather than having the same values for 5 and 95 percent they are listed once under the heading “5 or 95” (table 4-6).

Using the formula above in an example, we cafcu- late the sampling error for previously widowed Alabama brides

iVi = 48,276, the fir& count of Alabama marriages (table 1-6)

ni = 4,819, the number of sample records (table 4-5)

xij = 2,590, the estimated frequency of previously widowed Alabama brides (table l-24)

pi j = the number of previously widowed expressed as a percent of all Alabama marriages: 2,590/48,276 = 5 percent

qij = 1 -pii = 95 percent

and

2(2,590) = J 48,276 (43,457) (0.5) (.95) = 144

4,818

So, the chances are 68 out of 100, that the actual number of previously widowed Alabama brides is between 2,446 and 2,734 (2,590 _+ 144).

The estimated sampling errors for marriages in the MRA and for divorces in the DRA, shown in tables 46 and 4-8, respectively, were computed using strata composed of groups of States with the same sampling ratio. These strata are shown in tables 4-5 and 4-7. Thus, the estimated sampling error for the MRA can be computed from the formula

where

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5 refers to the number’of strata in the MRA

Nk =

rzk =

Pkj =

Ykj =

the final count of events reported by a group of States that have the same sampling rates

the number of sample records in the same group of States

the estimated percent of all cases in the same group of States with the characteristics to be studied I

1 -Pkj’

Using the same formula, sampling errors for the DRA can be computed by summing over four strata instead of five.

Many of the tables in this volume show percent distributions rather than frequencies. The sampling error for such a percent can be computed by dividing the sampling error found in table 4-6 by the estimated total number of events for the area.. For example, table 1-24 shows that 5.0 percent of all Mary- land brides were previously widowed. In table 4-6 under the spread margin “5 or 95” the .Maryland sampling error is 147. Divide 147 by 50,800, the estimated number of marriages in Maryland as shown in the stub margin of the same table. The result is 0.3 percent, the sampling error for an estimated 5 percent of 1971 Maryland marriages. Thus, chances are about 68 out of 100 that the actual percent of previously widowed Maryland brides is between 4.7 and 5.3 percent (5.0 percent _+ 0.3).

The following formula is used to compute a sampling error for the proportion of events in a subclass of a population subgroup, where the number of events in the subgroup is ako subject to sampling error :

WY) = l/Y J

^o’(x) - (x/Y)* a’(Y)

Y = the estimated frequency of the subgroup

x = the estimated frequency of the subclass of the subgroup

c(y) = the sampling error of y from table 4-6

%4 = the sampling error of x from table 4-6

To illustrate, if we wanted the sampling error for the proportion of all previously married Ohio brides who were 20-24 years of age, let

X’ = 4,360 previously married Ohio brides who were 20-24 years of age (table l-17)

Y’ = 22,200 Ohio brides who had been previously married

x’/y’ = 20

.N =

&/Iv =

y’pT =

C(x) =

C(Y) =

and

all marriages in Ohio, 92,460 .05, the proportion of previously married Ohio brides who were 20-24 years of age

.24, the proportion of Ohio brides who were previously married

d(4,360) = 301 from table 4-6 under “5 or 95”

5(22,200) = 599 from table 4-6 under “25 or 75”

s(xJ/;f). = l/22,2 301)s - (.20)’ (599)2 = ,Ol

So, chances are 68 out of 100 that the actual proportion of previously married Ohio brides who were 20-24 years of age was between 19 percent and 21 percent.

To determine if ‘two proportions are significantly different statistically, divide the difference by the square root of the sum of the squares of their standard errors. If the quotient of this division is greater than 2, the probability that the difference is due to chance is less than 1 in 20. The figure 2 is the rounded value of the normal distribution correspond- ing to a two-tailed S-percent level of significance, under the hypotheses that the difference between the two estimates is zero. For example, suppose we wish to compare the number of previously divorced brides in 1961 with that of 1971. Of 963,995 brides in the 1961 MRA, 137,900, or 14 percent, had been divorced previously. Of 1,770,654 brides in the 1971 MRA, 292,659, or 17 percent, had been divorced previously. The sampling errors are .003 and .OOl, respectively.

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J&-Yjqq=g

The value is greater than 2; therefore, the difference between the two proportions is unlikeIy to be due to chance variations in sampling distributions; it is statistically significant. *


NONSAMPLING ERRORS

In addition to the sampling errors described above, there are several other sources of variation that are IittJe affected by the size or design of the sample.

Incomplete reporting

Nonresponse errors in marriage and divorce data arise from three sources: (1) An item is not on the certificate of a particular reporting area. For example, color was removed from the 1971 revision of the Massachusetts marriage record; (2) ,sometimes when a State revises its form to include additional iterns, copies of the old form are still extensively used by registration offices until a supply of the new version is received; (3) although the item may be on the form, there may be,no response or the response may

.be illegible or unusable; items on some forms are badly worded and do not elicit responses sufficiently precise to be classified.

Items not answered for any of these reasons are tabulated as “not ‘stated.” Tables 4-9 and 4-10 show the proportions of not stated cases for specified characteristics of marriages and divorces for 1971. Foot- notes to entries identify the specific registration area’ or State where an item was not on the certificate form (not report+e). “Not completed” cases are shown for the Mu or the DRA & a whole. These are the cases where a given item was on the form but the information was not recorded. A major proportion of the not stated cases for marriages were due to the absence of items on some of the reporting forms (not reportable). In contrast, the majority of not stated items on records o$ divorce or annulment arose from unanswered items (not completed). Personal information typically has been less completely reported on

the divorce records than information about the mar- Gage &d the decree.

Other sources of error

Inconsistent responses.-Occasionally, for both marriages and divorces, the responses to related items are inconsistent. For example, when age and date of birth are both reported, they may not agree. Or, previous marital status may not be consistent with the number of times married or number of this marriage. These differences are arbitrarily reconciled before tabulation.

Ambiguous wording of items.-Some of the items are worded so that they do not yield information easily classified in standardized categories. Wherever possible these problems are handled by the application of special rules.

[email protected] coding was verified 100 percent; taped data were edited for impossible codes and for inconsistencies where possible. Instances of impossible codes and inconsistencies in information about previous marriages were rechecked to the records.

SYMBOIS USED IN TABLES

&ta not avable ___I________-________II______ -- _____ _ _ _

Category not applicable -------- ---- . . ‘ Quantity zero ____----_----_ --- ._-_--------- - -__-____--__ _

Quantity more than 0 but less than-O.05 ------------- 0.0

Figure does not meet standards of reliability or pre&ion _---_-- ---------------- - __-__________ *


Table 41. Sources of Marriage knd. Divorce Data: United. States, 1867-1971


Table 4-2. Years Central Files of Marriage and Divorce Records Were Established and Years Areas Were

Admitted to the Marriage- and Divorce-Registration Areas: 1971 ,e II

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Table 43. Selected Items of Statistical Information on Mdi-riage Records of Marriage-Registration States: ‘1971

I , x I x I PI x I x I x x I x I x

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.x x x

x x x

3s

x ‘X. (9

x x ‘x

x C) x

x x

x. (9 x

x x x

EIEE

x x (“1

x x x

x x (7

x x x x x x x x x I x I x

.

x x P) x x x (3

x x x x x x x x

x x . (9 x x x

x Y x .x x x x x

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Table 44. Selected Items of Statistical Information on Divorce or Annulment Records of Divorce-Registration States: 197I

IxIxIxIxIxlxIxI I IXIXIXI 1x1 Ix AlEsa IxIxIxIxIxIxIxIxIxIxIxIxIxIxIIIIlt calimrnia IxIxIltIxIxIxIxIxIx I 11) I x 1x1 x I (9 I x I x

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Table 4-S. Marriage Sample-Sampling Rates and Sample Size: Marriage-Registration Area, Each Registration State, Puerto Rico, and VirginIslands. 1971

Table 4-6. Marriage Sample-Sampling Error of Estimated Frequency Expressed & Percentage of Area Tot& Marriage-Registration Area, Each Registration State, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands, 1971

[Figures for AIaska, Dehvare, “eermont, Wyoming, and virgin Islands have no sampling errors since au Ads were kabulaM] I II

5 or 95 L5 or 85 0 or Em 25 or 71 2


Table 4-7. Divorce Sample-Sampling Rates and Sample Size: Divorce-Registration Area, Each Registration State, and Virgin Islands, 1971

Table 4-S. Divorce Sample-Sampling Error of Estimated Frequency Expressed as Percentage of Area Total: Divorce- Registration Area, Each Registration ‘State, and Virgin Islands, 19.7i

Figures far Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Rhode Island, south Eakota, Vermont, wgomiag, ad virgin I- ha% no sampung errors since as recomls were tabulate

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Table 4-9. Percent of Marriage Records on Which Specified Characteristics Were Net Stated: &farriageRegis~ation

Ama and Each Registration State, 1971

I(at reprrtable--~~~-~~~-~~~~~~~~~~----~----~-~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ not emrpletE.3 -_-______________________ - _____ -- _______ -_- ______

I -rana __--_- - --_-__-------------_---------------------------------

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Dhh.ict Of cohrmbia----------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- oemsia------------------------------------------------------~------ Hauaii-----------------------------------------------------------


T&le 4-10. Percent of Divorce & Annulment Records on Which Specified Characteristics Were Not Stated:

Divorce-Registrafion Area and Each Registration State, 1971


Table 4-11. Population of Marriage- and Divorce-Regh

.bation Areas, 1957-71 lpopulatlo. enumerated asoi*pru 1 for 196Dmd 197oand e*timatedasofJldy lfor

au other years. FfglmS include Armed Forces statiooed in the area. The- wan esbblishedonJanuary 1, 195'7, andthe DRAonJmmq 1, 195fJ

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Table 412.. Total Resident Population: United states,

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Table 4-13. Estimated Total Resident Population: United States, Each Region, Division, and State, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands, July 1, 1971

Table 4-14. Estimated Unmarried Resident Population 14 Years of Age and -Over, by Age, Marital Status, and S&x:. Marriage-Registration Area, July 1. 1971

[Figures incttie Armed Forces statbmd in the “nited smee an* exclude tlmse da- soned outaide the United statefJ