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VITAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
1977
VOLUME III-MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
OFFICE OF HEALTH RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND TECHNOLObY NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS
Hyattsville, Maryland 1981 (PHS) 81-1121
-NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS
DOROTHY P. RICE, Director
ROBERT A. ISRAEL, Depu@ Director JACOB J. FELDMAN, Ph.D., Acting Associatk Director for Analysis and Epidemiology
GAU F. FISHER, Ph.D., Acting Associate Director for the Cooperative Health Statistics System GARRIE J. LOSEE, Acting Associate Director for Data Processing and Services
ALVAN 0. ZARATB, Acting Associate Director for International Statistics E. EARL BRYANT, Acting Associate Director for Interview and Examination Statistics
ROBERT C. HUBER, Acting Associute Director for Management MONROE G. SIRKEN, Ph.D., Acting Associate Director for Research and Methodology
PETER L. HURLEY, Acting Associate Director for Vital and Health Care Statistics ALICE HAYWOOD, Information officer
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS
JOHN E. PATTERSON, Director ALICE M. HETZEL, Deputy Director
ROBERT J. ARMSTRONG, M.S., Actuarial Adviser HARRY M. ROSENBERG, Ph.D., ChieJ Mortaliv Statistics Branch
ROBERT L. HEUSER, M-A., Chief. Natali@ Statistics Branch ALICE M. HETZEL, Chief, Marriage and Divorce Statistics Branch
GEORGE A. GAY, M.S.P.H., Acting Chief; Registration Methods Branch WILLIAM F. PRATT, Ph.D., ChieJ Family Growth Survey Branch
MARSHALL C. EVANS, Chiex Data Control Branch MABEL G. SMITH, Chief; Statistical Resources Branch
JOSEPH D. FARRELL, ChieJ Programming Branch
VITAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STAT&, 1977 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 re$on. 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 marriage 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 demo- graphic characteristics of husband and wife, characteristics of their marriage, and number of children.
Section 3. Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Marriage and divorce totals for each county or county equivalent. Marriages classified by major demographic characteristics of bride and groom. For Virgin Islands only, divorces and annulments classified by char- acteristics of husband and wife, duration of marriage, and number of children.
Section 4. Technical Appendix
HistoricaI and contemporary sources of marriage and divorce statistics, design of the samples of marriages and divorces and annulments, vari- ability of samply estimates, and uniformity and completeness of the reporting forms and the collected data. Tables of the population esti- mates used as bases for rates.
WLE: 1
mG3: 1
Geographic area: nivisions-----------------------------------------
Warr*age-registration area------------------------
Begions-------------------------------------------
&g<scracian gtateS-------------------------------
*I1 gtaCeP----------------------------------------
Years: 1920-,71------------------------------------------
Characteristics: he aC ===iage ____-------------------------------
pirse and third qua=riles-------------------------
&an or median age or both------------------------
Marriage coder: *II ma*TiBges-----------------------------------
First marriages---------------------------------
Bemarriages-------------------------------------
t.hnth marriage was performed----------------------
previous marital ~~arys---------------------------
Resideee seaeys-----------------------------------
Type of ceremony (ebil or religious)-------------
Guide to tables in Section 1 - Marriages - Con.
mo*: 2 -5 -6 -7 -s -9 -9 -10 -10 -10 -11
Geographic. area: Oivisions--------------------------------------------------------- 2
p~vorce-regis~ra~ion aTea-------------------------------------- 4 5 6 7 9 10
2
+ 4 5
4 5
4
4
5
I 2 3
3
3
Type of entry: Average number of children per de====-----------------------------
Number of annulments and percent of total divorces and ann"lments------------------------------------------------------
Number of children involved in divorces and annulments------------
Number of divorces and annulments---------------'----------------
Percent distribution of divorces and amulments-------------------
Rates per 1,000 populaeiD.----------------------------------------
Sates per 1,000 children under 18 years of age--------------------
Rates per 1,000 married women 15 years of age and over------------
3
2 2
1'
t
- 8
-
Duration of marriage------------------------------~---------------
Median age at time of decree and at time of marriage--------------
Number of &fldren =epo=ted------------.--------------------------
Place of marriage-------------------------------------------------
-11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 -19 -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25
-12 -13 -14 -16 -17 -17 -18 -20 -20 -21 31 -22 -23 -26 -27
25
Guide to tables in Section 3 - Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
[Data byareaofoccumm]
TABLE: 3
PAGE: 3
Geographic area: Puerto Rico---------------------------------
Virgin islands------------------------------
County equivalents--------------------------
Years : 1940-77-------------------------------------
1977----------------------------------------
Type of event: Marriages-----------------------------------
Divorces and annulments---------------------
Type of data: Frequencies---------------------------------
Rates---------------------------------------
Characteristics of marriages: Month of marriage---------------------------
JJay of week-----------;---------------------
Resident status-----------------------------
Marriage order------------------------------
First marriage of both----------------------
Age ------------------------: --_---____-_____
Previous marital StatuS---------------------
Number of this marriage---------------------
Characteristics of divorces-------------------
Characteristics of divorcing spouses----------
Guide to tables in Section 4 - Technical Appendix
Central files of records established------------------
Collection of data, 1867-,,---------------------------
Year States admitted to the marriage- and divflree-ragiatratio,, BT‘~~B---------------------------
States reporting selected items----------------------- 35 46
Lbta comp1etenesa: Cmparison of items shown on State records with those shown on standard records, 1977---------
Percent of not etsted events for specified characteristics, 1977------------------------------
Sample specifications and estimacea:
'Marriage- and divorce-registration areas for 1957-77. 2United States for 1920-77. 'United States, each region, division and State, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands for 1977. 'Unmarried population by age, marital status, and sex for the marriage-registration area for 1977. %arrieges. %vorces.
Section I. Mamizge~ Table Page
l-l. Number of marriages and marriage rates with percent changes from preceding year: United States, 1920-77, and marriage-registration area, 1957-77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . 1-5
l-2. Marriage rates per 1,000 men and women 15 years of age and over: United States, 1940-77 1-6
1-3. Marriage rates per 1,000 unmarried women 15 years of age and over and 15-44 years of age: UnitedStates.1940-77....................................................... 1-6
1-4. Estimated number of marriages and marriage rates, by month, with and without seasonal adjustments: United States, 1968-77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-7
1-5. Marriages and marriage rates: United States, each region, division, and State, 1973-77 , . . . l-8
1-6. Marriages by month: United-States, marriage-registration area, each region, division, and State,1977 _.._.____..._.._......_._.._._......_.._..._.._._........._._... l-9
l-7. Marriage rates by previous marital status and age of bride and groom: Marriage-registration area,1977 . . . . . . .._.._......_.............................................. l-10
1-8. 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, 1977 . . _ . . _ . . . . . _ . . . . l-10
1-9. Median and mean age of bride and groom at first marriage of both, by age of spouse: Marriage-registration area, 1977 . . . . . _ . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
l-10. Percent distribution of marriages by previous marital status of bride and groom: Marriage- registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . l-11
l-1.1. Percent distribution of marriages by marriage order of bride and groom, by race: Marriage- registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
1-12. Percent distribution of marriages by month marriageperformed, by marriage order andrace of bride and groom: Marriage-registration area, 1977 . . . _ . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
1-13. Percent distribution of first marriages and remarriages by type of ceremony performed, by age of bride and groom: Marriage-registration area, 1977 . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
1-14. 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, 1977 . . . . l-14
1-15. Percent distribution of first marriages and remarriages of bride and groom, by type of ceremony performed: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . l-15
1-16. Percent distribution of marriages by age at marriage and median age of bride and groom, by marriage order: Marriage-registration area, 1971-77 . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-16
l-1
Table Page
l-17. Marriages by previous marital status, age, and race of bride and groom: Marriage- registrationarea, 1977 _ _ . . _ . _ . . _ _ _ . . _ . _ . . _ . . . . . . _ . _ . . _ _ . . . . . . . . . . . , , , . , , . . . , l-17
l-18. Marriages by marriage order and age of bride and groom: Each marriage-registration State, 1977........................................-”................~.,,,,~,,.,, l-18
1-19. Marriages by age of bride, by age of groom: Marriage-registration area, 1977 , . . , . a . . . . a 1-21
l-20. First marriages of both bride and groom, by age of bride, by age of groom: Marriage- registrationarea, ._.__. _ __._.... _____ _.__ __I ._.....__._...__,.,,.... lell 1-21
l-21. Marriages by previous marital status and age of bride, by age of groom (all grooms and single grooms): Marriage-registrationerea, 1977 . _ _ _ _ _ . _ . _ _ . . . _ . . . _ , . . , , , . , , , . , a , , 1-22
l-22. Marriages by previous marital status and age of groom, by age of bride (all brides and single brides): Marriage-registration area, 1977 _ _ . _ . _ _ _ . _ _ . _ . _ _ _ , , , , . . , , , . . . , , . , , . 1-23
l-23. Marriages by age of widowed and divorced brides, by age of widowed and divorced grooms: Marriage-registration area, 1977 _ . . . . . . . , . . _ , . . , , . . . . . . . _ . , _ . . . . . , , . , 1 . , , , . . , , 1-24
l-24. Marriages by age of bride, by age of groom, by color: Marriage-registration area, 1977 , , . C . 1-24
l-25. Marriages by previous marital status and race of bride and groom: Marriageregistration area and each registration State, 1977 _ _ _ _ . . _ . _ . _ _ . _ . _ _ . _ . , . . . . . , . . . . , , , , , , , , . 1-25
l-26. Marriages by previous marital status of bride by previous marital status of groom, by race: Marriage-registration area, 1977 . _ . . _ . _ _ . _ . _ . _ . . . . _ _ . . . . . ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , I , , , 1-28
l-27. Marriages by number of this marriage of bride and groom: Marriage-registration area and eachregistrationstate, 1977 _ . . . _ . . _ . __. _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . . , . . . . . _ _ _ . . _ . . . . . s I< A ‘ l-29
l-28. Marriages by marriage order and age of bride and groom, by month marriage performed: Marriage-registration area, 1977 . _ . . _ . . . _ . . . . _ . . . _ . _ . . _ _ . . . . . . . , . . , , . . . , , , . , l-30
l-29. Marriages by marriage order and race of bride and groom, by month marriage performed: Marriage-registrationarea.1977.................... . . . . .._...._...........= _,a 1-31
l-30. Marriages by day of week marriage performed: Marriage-registration area and each registrationstate, 1977 . _ . . _ . _ _ . _ . . _ . . _ _ . . . _ . . . _ . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . L32
1-31. Marriages by resident status of bride by resident status of groom in State where married: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . , . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . , , _ , , , l-33
l-32. 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, 1977 , . , , . , 1-34
l-33. Msrriages by marriage order and age of bride and groom, by resident status in State where married: Marriage-registration area, 1977 . _ . _ _ . _ . . . _ _ _ . _ . _ . . . . _ . . . , = . . , . + , , , . . 1-36
l-34. Marriages by previous marital status of bride and groom, by resident status in State where married: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 1977 _ . _ , , _ . . , . , , , . , . l-37
l-35. Marriages by marriage order of bride and groom, by nativity status in State where married: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 19’7’7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , , . . . , . , 1-43
I 1-2
Table Page
l-36. Marriages by marriage order, nativity and resident status of bride and groom in State where married: Marriage-registration area, 1977 . . . . . . _ . . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . . . . . . . _ . . . . _ . 1-47
l-37. Marriages by nativity and resident status of bride and groom in State where married: Each marriage-registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-48
l-38. Marriages by resident status of bride and groom in State where married, by type of ceremony performed: Marriage-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . 1-53
l-39. Marriages by age of bride and groom, by resident status in State where married and type of ceremony performed: Marriage-registration area, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . l-56
l-40. Marriages by previous marital status and age of bride and groom, by type of ceremony performed: Marriage-registration area, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-57
1-41. Marriages by marriage order of bride and groom and type of ceremony performed: Marriage- registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 1-58
l-42. Marriages by previous marital status of’bride and groom, by resident status in State where married and type of ceremony performed: Marriage-registration area and each registration State,1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._............................._._.... 1-61
l-43. Number of marriages by educational attainment of bride and groom: 16 reporting States, 1977.................................................................~.... 1-71
l-44. Marriages: United States, each State and county, 1977 ‘. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . __. . . , . . . _ 1-72
l-3
‘ I
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 Ap- pendix. It is suggested that any number smaller than those shown below be inter- preted 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 ah records were tabulated and thus data are not subject to sampling variability.
Marriage-registration area..................... 105
Alabama ................... 100 Alaska ..................... 0 California .................. 225 Connecticut. ................ 50 Delaware ................... 0 District
of Columbia .............. 0 Florida .................... 0 Georgia :. .................. 225 Hawaii ..................... 15 Idaho ...................... 50 Illinois. .................... 0 Indiana. ................... 225 Iowa ...................... 100 Kansas ..................... 50 Kentucky .................. 100 Louisiana
(including New Orleans) ..... 100 Maine.. ................... 0 Maryland. .................. 100 Massachusetts ............... 100
Michigan ................. 225 Minnesota ................ 100 Mississippi. ............... 100 Missouri. ................. 0 Montana ................. 0 Nebraska. ................ 0 New Hampshire ............ 0 New Jersey ............... 225 New York
(including New York City). . 0 North Carolina ............ 100 Ohio .................... 225 Oregon .................. Pennsylvania .............. 2x: Rhode Island .............. 0 South Carolina ............ 0 South Dakota ............. 15 Tennessee ................ 225 Utah .................... 50 Vermont ................. 0 V@ria. ................. 0 West Virginia .............. 50 Wisconsin ................ 100 Wyoming ................. 15
l-4
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES 1-5
Table 1-1. Number of h4miaga and Marriage Rates With Percent ‘3inges From Preceding Y&r:. Unikd States, 192cT77, and Marriage-Rqjstmticin Area, 1957-77
+s.o +-AZ +1.9
+I%6 +11.8
-7.4
-5.9 -8.6 34.2 -1.5 -0.1 +I.2
to.3
2: -2.6 -8.7 . . .
+1.0 -0.4 A.1 -3.0 -0.1 l .7
46.9
2:: +11.1
C3.5
8.7 +11.5 +X3.0
+5.2 +1.,
+10.9 +x7 a.9 -3.3
. . .
+5.6 +7..9 +1.0
+1*.4 +10.1
-8.1
-6.5 -8.9 +3.1 -3.0 -1.0 -1.0
-1.0 -5.5 16.8 -3.7
-10.8
-1.;
2:: -1.0 +3.0
+*.1
+z.l
2::
+2.1 +2.4 3.3.8 +3.9
+1.3
-5.0 . . .
snzr10~ I - ~~ARRIKGES
Table l-2. Marriage Rates Per 1,CCDMen and Women 15 Years of
26.4 25.5 25.5 25.4 25.2 24.8
26.4 27.8 27.2 26.9 28.2 28.3
24.9 26.4 25.8 25.4 26.7 LG.8
28.1 29.8 28.5 33.9 36.8 42.8
30.5 27.8 39.6 34.8 33.7 32.3
Table 13. Mm?age Rates Per 1,OCO Unmarried Women 15 Years of Age and Over and 1544 Years of Age: United Sfates, 194G77
Year and type of <aaLe Ram
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES 1-7
Table l-4. l?slimati Numbs of Marriages and Mange Fiaks. by Month, With and Without seascolal Adjustmenk United Staies, 1968-77
53.9 55.7. 62.7 66.6 64.8 64.8 63.7 67.7 72.1 70.2
!
41.1 41.9 47.6 50.7 w.4 49.3 48.3 50.9 E:,’
I
1-8
.__---..--- I
!eSL North Central: Minnelota----------.....-----------.--...-...-.---------
~~~T*da--------------------.----------------.-..-.....
EIhL south Central:
r
SECTION I- MARRTAGES
Table 1-6. Ma&g- by Month: United States, MmixpRqistmtion Area, Each Region, Division, and State, 1977
l-9
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES
SECTlON 1 - MARRIAGES
Table l-10. Parent CXsiribution of Mmkges by Previous Marital Status of Bride and Gmm: Marriage-mation Area and Each Registratim
:::
:*: 4:o 3.2
2: 3.4 4.4 2: ___ 2:: 2: 5.8 2.9 ___ 1.3 5.7 4.5 2: 117 3.7
2: 4.1 3.7 3.4 ___
:: 2:2
2:: 4.5 :::
z:: ::: 64.6 51.7 ::: 66.9 3.1 64.1 3.1 ___ ___
65.1 3.3 61.1 3.6 61.3 3.1 65.1 4.0
65.0 4.5 74.7 3.2
___ __- 76.7 60.1 2::
63.7 3.8 68.7 ,*.9 2; 62.3 4.4 73.9 3.6
73.7 3.8 68.1 3.8
___ ___ 62.6 3.7 73.1 3.8
x11 3.4 ___ ___
62.6 3.5 58.6 4.2 81.7. 2.0
69.2 3.7 65.0 3.8 61.3 3.1 71.5 3.4 51.3 3.4
26.5
1-12 SECTION 1 MARRIAGES
Table l-l 1. Percent Distribulion of Mamiaga by Marriage order of Bride and G-, by Race: ldir+gemtim Area
76.4
s 68.4
___ 77.8
90.0 --_
66.5 65.0
77.7 47.1 84.5
f
56.7 56.4
_.. 72.5
n-9 __.
55.2 50.4
53.6 57.3 68.1 65.5
73.5 64.4
56.6 56.7
___ 70.8
52.8 57.3 66.7 64.4
___ 65.7 67.3 67.0
65.5 --- __- ___
‘16.6 9.0 63.5 68.1
72.0 62.0 73.8
-_-
65.9 ___
62.3 73.0
74.1 57.3 62.8 56.7 81.0
43.1 43.3
_-- 29.2
30.6 ___
47.7 49.4
47.2 42.7 33.3 35.6
_-_ 34.3 32.7 33.0
34.5 ___ _-_ ___
ZP 36.1 31.3
28.0 38.0 26.2
___
34.1 ___
37.7 27.0
25.9 42.7 37.2 43.3 19.0
26.5 35.6
_-- 29.8
__- 32.9
2:
16.7 ___ ___ __-
33.3 29.2 36.9 18.5
31.1 11.3 27.5
__-
21.6 _--
35.8 29.4
25.2 22.3 45.2 28.7 15.4
10.0 24.9 29.2 33.6 36.2
76.1 ..-. -_a .‘-a
71.6 78.6 * _-_
76.1 _-- 76.4 85.7 73.1 78.2 18.9 662 62.5 83.1 EA.: 52.1
40.2 41.1 31.5 29.3
30.6 28.1 45.7 43.5
35.4 42.3 33.4 35.4
_-- 34.4 32.8 31.4
34.3 35.0 25.6 32.6
23.5 39.3 36.5 31.3
28.1 3,., 26.3 26.6
59.8 58.P 66.5 70.7
69.5 71.9 54.3 54.5
64.6 57.7 66.6 64.6
-_- 65.6 6,.2 68.6
61.7 65.0 74.4 67.4
76.5 60.7 63.5 68.7
11.9 62.3 73.7 73.4
68.1 66.1 62.6 13.0
74.1 62.2 62.6 58.3 81.1
66.4 66.5 67.6
66.9 ___
32.3 29.7 21.9
4.2
66.9 78.7 72.5
___
78.6 ___
64.2 70.6
74.8
2:: 11.3 84.6
90.c IS.,
::: &
16.1 ___
53.8 24.1
24.1 19.7 41.7 31.5 31.5
31.9 33.9 37.4 27.0
25.9 37.8 37.4 41.7 18.9
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES I-13
Table lr12. Percent Lktribution of Marriages by Month Marriage Performed, by Marriage O&r and Race of Bride and Groom: ‘MarCage-Rqihation Area, 1977
6.1 1.1 7.0 :::
1
7.3 7.0 6.6 6.6 6.5 7.0
8.8 7.P 2:
1
::: 1.7 ii: 7.8 8.1
Table 1-13. Percent Disiribuiicm of First lvkinhges and F4mamkp by Type of Ceremony Performed, by Age of Bride and Groom: Marriage-Mation Area. 1977
74.3 82.3 79.2 71.5
1
61.3 56.1 56.4 50.6
1-14 SECTION I- MXRFiIAGES
Table I-14. P~tDishihutionofMarriage~~SstatusofBridebyResidentStatusofGroominStatewhereMarried: Marriagemtiml Area and Each Regiedion state, 1977
2.6 . . . 0.2 3.3 6.1 ::: 2.2 . . . 3.0 ::: ::: ::: ::: 3.7 k: 3:2 3.1 1.7 ::: 4.3 z.2 2: ::: 4.1 1.8 z-i 2:2 3.9 2.4 ::: 2.1
:::
2: 6.1
2:
2: 1.2
2.2
::: 2.9
:::
:::
4.1
::: 2.8
2:: ::t
3.8
2: 2.7
2: 4.L 2.0
1.8 2.0
2::
3.1 2.3 2.0 1.4
8.7 . . . ,“:: 3.4 23.2 1::: . . . 28.8 3.4 2: 3.0 8.4 :-: 152 2.6 0.9 1.8 4.0 4.8 ::i lx.5 LA ;:a 2: 2.7 35.1 34.8 10.7 4.5 6.1 12.9 ::; 13.6
i:: 2: I 2: 2: I
t.3 2: ::: 3.0 2: Il.8 1.9 1.4 ;;i 24’ 2:: ::: ::zi ::t 5: 2: 2: ::: ::: 3.1 5.4
2: ::; :::
SECl’ION I- MARRIAGES 1-15
Table 1-15. .perCent Dis!x&ulion of First Marriages end Remardages of Bride and Groom. by Type of Censnony Performed: Men~~~e-~iioon Area and Each Regkbaticm State, 1977
1-16
cd -
Totsl ___________---------------------- 1 992.3% 1,723.84511
1-18 SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES
Table l-18. MkkgesbyMkaqeOrderdAgeof BridemdG-irEachM.~~m&e~afionS~te, 1977
SECIION 1 - MAFiFUAGES 1-19
Table l-18. Mmiaga by Marriage ord er and Age of Bride and Gmm: Each Marria~Fl~tion State, 1977~Con.
l-20 SECl’lON 1 - MARFIIAGES
Table 1-18. Marriages by Mamge Order and Age of Bride and Gmm: Each MarriageRq&+mtion State,; 1977~Ckm.
22,260
SECXON 1 - MARRIAGES
Table l-19. Mamiages by Age of Bride, by Age of Gmm: hhriq&egistc~m Area, (1977 msd 0” SanLPIE data,
1-21
‘l-22
65 &* =.,a __._.__.________________________________
,544 ~~..~.---.-----------------------------------------
45-54 ~e==*---.-.-----------------------------------------
l-24 SF.aON I- MARRIAGES
The l-23: Mcmiqes by Age of Widowed and J3i vomd Bride; by Age of Widowd and Divorced Grcoms: Marriag~R.s@dion Area, 1977 en, r
Table l-24. Marriages by Age of Bride. by Age of Gram, by Color: Marriage-waticm Area. 1977
t
SECTION 1 - MPRFUAGES
‘Table l-25. Marriages by Preview Marital Status and Flace of Bride and Gram: IMarriage-RwaionlArea and Each Fkgihatim State, 1977
, I I
/
I
,
1
,
1
,
,
,
,
--- --- ---I ---II __- ___ 3,587 1.w
--.
i(sne~e---------------------------- wl,itc---.----- chess----‘--- O~hBr‘--‘------ N.x stated--------
1-26 SECI’ION 1 - MARRIAGES
Table l-25. Marriages by Previous Marital Stabs and Race cd Bride and Grmmz hkmiageReg&tration Area ad Each Regjstcatim State, 1977-C.h.
Area and race
~ieoc”c~......--------------- m*te--------- Black.------ Other --_-______ - ADL stared------
~~u~~~sna.-.~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------- White ---.--_.__ Black----------- otp,er---------
Not stated-------
Heioe.-.--..-.------------------ ~~te~--~-------- Bls&--------- ocher --___ -----. Nor arare&------
--- ___ --- -__
31,170 10,720
51,POO 27,960 --- -_- ___ ___
Nebrask------------------------- rqhtte.-------- Black--------- other---------
NDC *tated-------
m” ashore-.--..---------- white....-------
Black---------- .x&-..------
NOT St&d-------
NW ~er=eg--------------.--------- m,hite------------
l-27
*itc-------. t,l.ld+-------
.Registratonlstate, 1977-ton. msd on arnpls d.ta,
6
1-28 SECTION 1 - MhRRIAGES
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES 1-29
Table l-27. Ivkmiag& by Number of This h4arhge of Bride and Groom: Marriage.Regk&ation Area and Fach Rqistraticm State, 1977
___I ____
Difd3.d nf cll,~~io-----------------.---------.-------------- ~lorida-------------------------------------------------------
l-30 SECTfON 1 - MAFWAGES
Table l-28. Marriages by Marriage order and Age of Bride and Gmm, by Month, Marriage Performed: lvfhage-Begisfrah Am, 1977
SECl’lON 1 - MARRIAGES 131
Table l-29. Marriages by Marriage order and Race of Bride and G-, & Month Marriage Perform& Mmiag~Rcxjstcation Area, 1977
1-32 SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES
Table i-30. Marriages !ay Day of Weak hkmiage Perfarmed: Markge-Recjslration Ama and Each Fkxjhatim State, I?77
_.._
~tlinD11-----‘-------------------------------------
SECTION l- MARRIAGES
Table 131. Mmkges by Resident Stabs of Bride by Resident Status of Groom in State Where Marriedz Marrkqe-Registration Area and Each Rcqistmtion State, 1977
Di~CriCt Of Colunb*a--------------- Ilol*do---------------------------~ Dsllrg*a---------------------------~ “a”a**----------------------------~
),i~aa”ri---------------------------. L(onLana--------------.------------~ NebrasL~--------------------------~ New ,la.pdl(re ____ - ______-_________.
NC” Jeney-------------------------- N.3” Yo=~-----------.--------------. North hloli”~----------------------
133
134 SEC?ION 1 - hfARRJA’i-+ES
Status of Gm in State
3i
_I
SECTION 1 - MARFLIAGES. 1-35
Table l-32. Maria&s by hhrriagi O+T and Age of Bride and Grcom, by Resident Status of Bride by Resident Status of Gxcnn in State where Married: MaITiage-Fl~&atio~ Area, 1977-Gm.
136 SECTION I- MAlUUiGES
T&h 1-B. Marriages by lvf,miage O&r and Age of Bride and Groom, by Resident SAwi in Stafe Whae Married: hl?miageFi~~.h, 1977
.
._
._
._
._
.-
7
:: 13 3 2 1
354 ;~=~---------------------.
45-54 I eara-- --_- ___.._--.--.-.
55-64 411==---------------...---.
4
SECTION 1 - MAFEUGES 1-37
T&k l-3. hi&ages by Pmious Marital Status of Bride and Gmm, by Resident Status in State where Married:
. . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . ..-
I
1-38 SECI’ION 1 - MARRIAGES
Table l-34. Mamtages by Pmk&@fkitallStat~~~ of Bride and Groom, by Resident Status in State Whew Married: MarriagA&&lmti~ Area Fd Each Registration State, 1977-n.
8,146 5.874 . . . 2,272 . . .
212 .._ 2,060 . . .
. . . 24,1*0 1,720 3,060 2,320
i---l
-_- _-- ___ --- ___ __- ___ --- ___ _..d
8,146
__.
. . . ___ ___ -It- _-_ __- __- 5,760 . . . 2,386 . . .
162 . . . 2,204 . . .
. . .
. . .
9,010 4,170
I II KAusAs
1-39 SECTION 1 - MARFNAGES
Table l-34. Marriages by F’cevicm Marital S&us of Bride and Groan, by Resident Status in Stats Where Mamid Marriage-R-on Area and Each R~ation Slate, 1977-Can.
-
SEi3TION I- MARRIAGES
%ble l-34. Marriages by F’reviom Mar&l Status of Bride and Gmm, by Resident Status jn State Whae Mamid
-I - -
96,WO 1 1 : 2,080 t,**cl
SECTION 1 -MARRIAGES
Table l-34. hkmiages by Previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom, by Resident S&IS in St&e Where Marrid Marriage-RqisImticm Area and Each Registration State, 1977-&n.
-
I-41
I
I !
1
, , 1 1 8
I
,
, , I , ,
,
I
,
1-42 L3XXI6N 1 - MARRIAGES
Table l-34. lvfamiaw by Frevims Marital Status of Bride and ‘Ckmm, by Resident S&us in State where Mar&k
FiTSf mBT~iQgeO----------------- g-~e18888--------------------
Wldovsd-----‘---‘--------------- D~“~=~~---------------------- Yidaued c,r divorced ooc staaced-
First TsarIiage or r-*age ,,qt *~~~----------------------
L-rri~Es-~------------------ Wldosed----------------------- Drrrorced--------------------- vidared < dwomed mc.t stated
lirm marria8e or rEaoa~*~s~ -f =f.fcd------------------
SECTlON 1 - MARRIAGES 1-43
Table l-35. Mkiages by Marriage order of Bide and G-, by Nativity Status in State Where Manned: MmiageRegiskation Area and Each Rqistcafion~State, 1977
I
1-44 SEC’iTON 1 - MA&AGES
Table 135. Marriages by ‘Marriage O&r of Bride and Grocon, by Nativity Status in State Where Married:
3:
::
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES
Table 1-35. hhmiaw by Marriage Order of Bride and Gmm, by Naiivity Status in State Where Man-k& Mmiage-Registration Area and Each Recjsh&m State~l977-Con.
UFM Ycm
Dr~de----------------------- U2,16,
Fl!aL mmr~llges------------------ 101,12! Rc~rriogca--------------------- 10,971 merialga order nor BCBCed--------
t 6:
DeDDm------------------------ 132.161
Irldc------------------------
pirae ~=iallea------------------ -.rr~~~~---------------------- lhrriap ardor “cd .mC.Ld--------
Bride------------------------ 99,361 pirat q ~rriage~------------------
k 67,6X
SYO.=~l.*~*--------------------- 31&C bhrriage order rmc amed-------- 6cN
sE(;TION I- MILRRIA’GES
Table l-35. Mar&p by Marriage order or Bride and Groom, by Nativity Status in %ate Where Mm&k lvfam&eFl~ation Area and Each23egieation se, 1977-con.
146
Pi..!,* ~rriages---------------~ -~ciages--------------------~ H*mi*ge order not statea--------
5 Fcrll~ mar~‘iager------------. 5 -rria*e~---------.---------- - Iferriage order not srate.i------.
I 1 1 11 rnwm --------_-__---_________
226,167 12,248 ,,L190 ... Beid=------------------------ 6,638 1,321 230 130 ~~om-----------------------~
81,438( 4,2L8 1 4,924 . . .
SECTION I- -GES
Table l-37. Mar&g= by Nalivity and Resider;t Status of Bride and Groom in State When? Married:
l-48
I I I
356 133 I 3% 22.3 157
199 I ..; .,. ___..
itare of birth Ear strfed--------- I 71 -’ -
Md=--------------------- 4,636 2,928 loom----------------------- 4,m
#I= 2,741
PlDBmh 1,360 710 . . . 20 -
-l-L . . . 191 28 . . . 5 5 . . . 186 22 . . . 92 . . .
. . . 94 . . .
. . . - I
_.. 20, 28
. . .
. . .
840 2
. . . ID 4
. . . 197 23
. . . 94 1..
103 ._. I
,340
.SE~ON 1 - MAFiFUAGES
Table l-37. Man%iges by -Nativity and Resident Status of Bride and Groom in State Wherq Married: Each bkmiage-Fkgistralion State, 1977~Con.
1-49
30 10
_._
. . .
20
:: . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
7.50
570 190 . . .
. . .
760
500 250 . . .
. . . 10
. . .
._.
10
la . . .
. . .
Ilot rcawx,t of staCE vhere b~=“--------------------------~
seea Of birth not stntd---------
state Of bfrMl noe stahl---------.
I(BMWgY
___.. state Of bii-Lh “Ok stated---------
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES I-50
Table l-37. Marriages by Nativity and Resident Status of Bride and Groom in State Where Manied: Each.Mamiage-R@Mion State, 1977-Ch.
600 Z,160 00
760 ,,r
t&3*0 I,, 20
Not res1.3e.t oi state where Bonn--------------------------
5cace OP birrh not steed-------
106 I I 3,‘ Bride----------------------
SECXON 1 - MARRIAGES” I-51
Table 137. Ma&gas by Nativity and Fkidmt Status of Bride and Grcm in State where Mawid Eaoh hf&riagewn S&e, 1977-&n.
1-52 SEmON 1 - MARRIAGES
Table l-37. Marrim= b-i Nati& and Resident Status of Bride and Groom in State Whme Married:
SECTION 1 - MAEWAGES
Table 1-38. ‘h4aniag~~ by Fksident Status of Bride and Gmm in State Where Married, by TET~~ of Ceremony Performed: lvkdage--ation Axea and Each Registration SAate, 1977
R~ligio”~----------------------------------------------- Type of ceremony r&e. stetc,%------- ----I---------____
iaraa-------------------------.----------------
~liSiO”l-------------------------------------------- Type Of ceremony rmt ~C~.Ced------------------------....
sea foootnotcs at ena Of Cable.
g~“~l----------------------.----------------------- Rel~g~our------------------------------------------- Type Of ceremony not steed--- --------_-___-------I__
Bell~oyI----------------‘------------------------------ Type of ce*cmOy not 6tBfe,J--- --I---_ -__----- ---- -
I
ci~l----------------------------------------------~-- n~lipi~~=---------------------------...-------- Type ..f cqemon)r n.af ~=aled-----.------------------
I
civil.------------------------------------- R~ligio”r-------------------------------------------- Type of cucmoIIy m,t [email protected] _____- - _-____
I
._ ci”il---------------.------------------------------ g.ligt~“n-------------------;---------------.---- Type af way .,OI ,rat,d --____....--_____------- --_
I
ci”ll-----------------------------.------------------ Rclfgi(lua---------------.------------------------------ Type of eaerrmw ooL stated- __--_____________ ---------
Ileligio”s------------.--------------------------
Type Of ceremDog nDL stated ----_ --- -____________--____
New YorL------t--------------------------------
Beligiar.--.-------l---------------.--------------- Type Of cercnmIq nllt stated-- ---------- - ----------- - I
__.__ Beli**----------------------------------------- Type ai ceremaony ODC sfafd--------------- I
Bel*giaLs------------------------------------------- Type Of ceremony not stste&- --I----- - -____ -_-- -___ I
Beli~i~=--------------------------------------- Typ.2 Of armmy ,I& stare.3 --_____ ---__- ___-___----__- I
see *.Tan.tes “e end of table.
1-55
l-56 SECTION 1 - MARRXGES
Table’1-39. hhniages by,+ of Bride..& Groom, by Resident Status in state where i&&d and Type of (Lhenxmy Perform& Marriage-Reqk+aficm Area, 1977
s~cr10~ I - MARRIAGES
Table l-40. Marriages by Previous hhrilal Slatus and Age if Bride and Groom, by Type of Ceremony Pehnnedz MarriageRqktration Area, 1977
1-57
65 yesrs aod _e=-______-____________________________-------------------.
FIRST EVLRBUOBS
Totel--------------------------------------------------------------.
Under 18 yc’=B---------------------------------------------------------
18-19 y=~=a----------------------------------------------------------.
20-24 YCBIQ-------------------------------------------------------------~
25-29 ;..=.----------------------------.--------------------------------~
m-34 ye~=~------------------------------------------------------.---.
*~L~I-------------------------------------------------------------.
““dEr 20 y~=~---------------------------------------------------------.
1:: 13, 337 521 528
RczgMmiion state, 1977
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES I-59
Table l-41. Marriages by Man-&e Order of Bride and Groom and Type of Cewmony Perhnxk Marriage-Regktmlion iha an&3acb Regishation State, 1977--&n.
=i=
l-60 SECTION 1 - ivxAFmmGF.s
Table 1-41. Ivkmiags by Marriage G&r of- Bride and Groom and Type of Cemnony Perkme& MimiageR&+aEm Area and Each
SECXON 1 - h4AFWiIGtis l-61
Table l-42. &miages by previous Marital Statw of &de and Groom, by Resident Status in %te Where lvkniedpd ;Type of Ceremony P&fommiz 1 Mmiage-Regkiraticm Area and Each Registraiion State, 1977
. .
1..
1..
. . .
. .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120
:: 40
60
:i
20
340
: :
165
535
:i 65
2: 5:
90
:: 60
1-62 SECTION I- h4ARFlHaS
Table l-42. Man-iagss by Fkevious Marital Sta& of Bride and Groom, by Resident Status in State Where Married and Type of ‘&PXI~IIY Performed: Mmiagdkgisim~n Area and F&h Regkraiion State, 19774.
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES l-63
Table l-42. Marriages by previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom, by Resident Status in State Where karried and Typ& of Ceremony Performed: Marriage-Regihaiion & and Eat) Regishation State! 1977-Con.
___ 26,440
_ .- ___ ___ .__ ._. -_- --_ -__ ___ _-- ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ --- --- -_- --- ___ ___ ___ --_ --_ __- ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ --- -_- ___ ___ ___ --- ___ ___ --- ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - 26,420 20
___ ._-
___ _-_ -_ --- --- --- - 22,320 ___ ___ ___ --- --- --- 10,360 ___ __ ___ _-- --- --- 1,310 ___ ___ ___ --- ___ --- 8,941 ___ __ ___ _-- __- --- 110
___ -__ ___ --- --- --- - 32,690
___ ___ ___ _-- ___ --- - 2L,980 ___ ___ --- --- --- --- 1Ll,,10 ___ ___ ___ __- --- --- 1,180 ___ __ __ ___ _.- --- 9,ml ___ ___ ___ __- --- --- 30
a
7.590 22.610 260 230 no 140 40 7,380
SECTION I- M&WAGES 1-65
Table 142. h4arriages by Prwioui Marital Status of Bride and Gram, by Resident Status in State Where Mar&d and Type of Ceremony Performed: -Mmiags&kgi&a~n Area and Each RegisMia State, 1977--Con
1-66 ~SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES
Male l-42. Marriage by Previous Marital St&s of(Bride and Gmm,, by Ft&dent Status in St& Where Married and Trpe of &mnmy Performed: hlae&R&tion Area and Each Begistration State; 1977--C+
SECI’ION 1 - MABFiIAGES I-67
Table l-42. ,Maniagcs’by Prevous Marital Status of Bride and Groom, by B&dent Status in State Where Mania3 and Type of Ceremony Performed: Marriage-R~alicm hlw. and Each R~iion state, 1977-ton.
___ __- ___ 1 ___ --- ___ __-
1168 SEmIoN 1 - MAFWAGES
Table l-42. Mar&g- by F’reviow Marital Staius of Bride and Gmm, by Residen Status in State Where Married and Type of ‘Cknimy Performed: Mm&e-Rwtion Area and Each Registcafim State, 1977-Can.
SECTlON I- MAFtFiNGES I-69
Table l-42. hhrriages by Previcms!Ma&J Status of Bride and Groom, by R&dent Status in State where Married and Type of Ceremony Performed: hhriage-mation Area and Each Rec@&on State, 1977-&n.
SFCfl6N 1 - hJARRIAGF.S
Table 143. Number of Mmiaqes by Educational Attainment of Bride and @cm: 16 Reporting States, 1977
1-72 SECTION I- MARRIAGES
Table 144. Mmiagex United Stab, Each Sk& and County, 1977
District 10, Bnchorage--------------------- 2,516 Btndolpb---------------------------------- r,i*cricc 11, Seaard---.------------------- SC Pr=neir------------------------------ District 12, Kenaf-cook Inlet-------------- 22: s;i..-----------------------------
300 761 Mrms---------------------------------------- 164 Al-as------------------------------.-----
II ~Lrap~hoe------------------------------------- ;; Ivch”,e~a------------------------------------ Beea--------.----..----------------------- r
SECTION 1 - MAREUKGES
Table l-44. Maria-: United States, Each State and County, 1977-Can.
Dm sots-----------------------------.-.-.-- Di~f~------------------------------------- I
_._, liberty------------------------------------ Hld~~o”---------‘--------------------------
1-74 SECTlON 1 - MAFEUAGES
Table l-44. Mmiages: Unite3 States, Each Siate and Ckmdy, 1977-C&.
‘08 wr~li-~~----------------~- 42 Uinnobago--------------------------------- 197 WOOdford -------__--------_--- -__- -_____- I%? II I
“‘Jz& (1 &eI--- ___-__--_--__-_-________ lenm _______----__________________ I 211 C”rro~*----------------------------- 601 Ca99--------------------------------------
II 157 clsr~------------------------------------ I
chErtce----------------------------------- Chcyc”“e----------------------------------- elorll-------------------------------------- Clay--------------------------------------- Dloul-------------------------------------- Corded------------------------------------- D~o”che----------------------------------- (Iwley------------------------------------- ar~vford----------------------------------- DOE~.f”=‘------------------------------------ D‘sLi”*oo----------------------------------
see f.mt!mLea at ena Of CJk.
Kent”cky--con. I
~~erLao”-------------------------------- ~~Learfle------------------------------
Bcedin----------------------------------
bllell------------------------------------- t
_I ______ ~amnr------------------------------------- ~“derdnlc---------------------------...... lawrense------------------------------.---- tes~e--------------------------------------
;;;I1 ~~~~ - clay- -_----_-__-___-_____________________ Cli”raB----------------------------------
SECTION I.- h4MtRlAGES
T&e 144. Marriages: Unit& States, Each Sk&e and County, 1977-&m. LD.%tB XreEDUnb Ofllmeges perhmsd mppliea by states evtar natea,
Are* na..ia$e* Area Hsrriages MBB H.lri*p~~
“D.CaM--CO”. Nebrask.s--Can. New Hexico--co”.
HcCooe---------------------------------- 19 NueLo*lr-------------------------------- 61 O”~~l”pe-------------------------.--------- 44 Hadisoo------------------------------- 42 ome ---__---- ---- _---------_------------ 144 ~=d~ng------.-.-----------------------. unleasher---------------------------------- 28 pllnee-------------------------.------- 28 Ufd=*go---------------------------------- *,: Hinenl------------.---....---.--------- 44 perLi~-------------.---------------.---.-- 35 Its---------------------------------------- Hirro”la----------------------------..---. 732 ~hc~p~----~~-~~~----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~ ,I li”=~l”---------------------------.--.------- :E Hurretrhell------------------------------ 37 Pierce----------------------------------- 50 las *loos-----------------------------..---- 119 parL-------------------------------------.- 145 Platte------------------------------------- 247 ~““a------------------------------------- a* Pet~~,---------------------------------- 4 polo------------------------------------- 40 Hc~i”le~----------------------------------- 361 phillips-------.--------------------------- w ti w~llw--------------------------------- 110 Her=--------------------------------------- 24 Poaders--------------------...-.---------- 5) giehardsoo------------------------------ 99 ocB~D----.------------------------------ mz Pm&r Biuer------------------------------ 2 quay __-___________--____------------------- 17P Povell------------------------------------- Roelc----------------------------------- 23
~=i=i=------------------------------------ Saline------------------------------------- Ba~alll------------------------------------ I;: sarpy-----------------------------------
108 -0 1VelbB-------------------------------- 805 BOD*~91f---------------------------------- *“a,
Richlend----------------------------------- 194 Sa”oders---------------------------------- 152 Sandossl----------------------------------- 283 Boaseoelt---------------------------------- 118 scotts B~“.uff--------------------------- 329 s*m ,um---------------*------------------- BZ7 Rosebud------------------------------...- 62 S~=~~--------------------------------- 162 SB” W~*“el-------------------------.-----. 1x7 Sanders-----------------;----------------- Shrrida”----------------------------- sheridao-------------------------------- g Bhermsn------.----------------------------
64 Santa pe---------------------------------- 3, Sierra-------------------------------.----. ‘,g: silver Bar-------------------------------- 405 ~~oux~~~~-~~--~~~~----~-~---~--~~~~~~~~~~~ B Gaearra------------------------------.----- 140 Stllluarer------------------------------ ii ~~lm~~~~~~~~-~-~.~~~---~~-~---~-~-~~~~~~~~ 27 Taos------------------------------.------- 315 *Cc GLBS9------------------------------ ~hayer------------------------------------- 67 TOI~C”Ce-------------------------------.--- TetOL1----------------------------..---.--- 73 Thomas------------------------------------- 8 ITnion--------------------------------------
SECTION 1 - MARRIAGES
Table l-44. Mkriages: United St&s, Each Siate and ‘ZOUII~, 1977-Cm.
II
WOOL-------------------------------------- 7.4 Hyensot-----------.-.-------------.---------- 118 655 Oklahoma---.------------------------- 96 L- 42,133 Gil bd*lr---------------------------------~----I
l-80 SECI’iON 1 - MARRIAGES
Table 144. Mmiages United’Siates, Each State and County, 1977-&n.
1-81 SECTION I- MAFtRIAGES
lvlar&p: United States, Each State and County, 1977-&n.
“PtOLI------------------------------- hr*lde------------------------------------ I
344 ~e=l.nd----.-------------------.------- II -=_~~ 288 Di~lieas~n------------------.----------- I
744 Diwlddie------------------------------- 339 Blsex--.--------.-------------------------
II 180 pairfax------------------------------------ I
-- Flo*d ---_-------.--_-_--------- I
Daggetf------------------------------------ DpvrT---------------------------------------- D”che8”e---.----------------------.------ I
‘?I ,, motw I---------- -------------,
Hi*laTd-------------------------------------- I
Rich---------------------------------------- Salt Isle-----.--------------------------- sail Jail------------------------------------ I
sByier--------------------------------------- Sit-------------------------------------- I
9 SECTION I- -GE3 1-83
Section 2. Divorces Table Page
2-l. Estimated number of divorces and annulments and rates, with percent changes from preceding year: United States, 1920-77 . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 2-5
2-2. Divorces and annulments and rates: United States, each region, division, and State, 1972-77 . . . . . .._............................_.............................. 2-6
2-3. Reported annulments and percent of total divorces and annulments: United States and eachState,1972-77........:................................................. 2-7
2-4. Percent distribution of divorces and annuhnents by duration of marriage at time of decree: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . _ . . 2-8
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, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2-6. Median duration of marriage prior to divorce or annulment: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2-7. Estimated number of children involved in divorces and annulments, average number of children per decree, and rate per 1,000 children under 18 years of age: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .’ . 2-10
2-8. Estimated number of children involved in divorces and ammhnents, average number of children per decree, and rate per 1,000 children under 18 years of age: United States, 1953-77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
2-9. Percent distribution of divorces and annulments by number of children reported: Divorce- registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . _ . . _ . . . . . . . . . . _ 2-10
2-10. Divorces and annulments by place where marriage was performed: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
2-11. Divorces and annulments by age of husband and wife at time of decree: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . .’ . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
2-12. Divorces and anuuhnents by age of husband and wife at time of marriage: Divorce- registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . 2-13
2-13. Divorces and annulments by race of husband by race of wife: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . _ . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2-14. Divorces and annulments by number of this marriage of husband and wife: Divorce- registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
2-16. Divorces and annulments by duration of marriage at time of decree: Divorce-registration area and each registration State, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
2-l
Table Page
2-16. Divorces and annulments by number of children reported: Divorceregistration area and each registration State, 1977 _ . _ _ . . _ . _ . . _ . . . . . _ _ . _ . . . . _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r . 2-1’7
2-1’7. Divorces and ammlments by duration of marriage at time of decree and number of children reported: Divorceregistration area and each registration State, 1977; . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . - . 7 18
2-18. Divorces and annulments by month marriage performed: Divorce-registration area and each registrationState, _ __. __ . . _. _. . _ ___. . . _ _____ __ _____. __ _. _. _. _, . .,. . . ,,. . 2-20
2-19. Divorces and annulments by educational attainment of husband and wife: 17 reporting States,1977............................................-.................~. 2-20
2-20. Divorces and annulments by duration of marriage at time of separation: 20 reporting States,1977........:..............................-..-.-.....--..,......-... 2-21
2-21. Divorces and annulments by duration of separation at thne of decree: 20 reporting States, 1977........................................-........*.................... 2-21
2-22. Divorces and annulments by duration of marriage at time of decree by number of this marriage of husband and wife: Divorce-registration area, 197’7. _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ . . . . . _ _ . . , . . . 2-22
2-23. Divorces and annulments by number of children under 18 years of age by race: Divorce registration area and each registration State, 1977 _ . _ . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ . . . . . . _ ,_. _ . . . . , , 2-23
2-24. Divorces and annulments by age of husband and wife at time of decree by number of children under 18 years of age: Divorce-registration area, 1977. _ . _ . . . . . . , _ . _ . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . , . . .2-26
2-25. Divorces and annulments: United States, each State and county, 1977. _ . . _ . . . _ _ . _ , . _ , _ , 2-27
2-2
Sampling Variability of 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 “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.
Divorce-registration area.. . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Alabama .................. 100 Alaska .................... 0 California ................. 225 Connecticut. ............... 15 Georgia ................... 100 Hawaii .................... 15 Idaho. .................... 15 Il~nois .................... 0 Iowa. .................... 15 Kansas. ................... 50 Kentucky ................. 50 Maryland .................. 50 Michigan .................. 100
Missouli. .................. 0 Montana .................. 15 Nebraska. .................. 0 New York .................. 0 Ohio ...... ;. ............. 225 Oregon.. 50 ................. Pennsylvania. .............. 100 Rhode Island ............... 0 South Carolina .............. 0 South Dakota .............. 0 .. Tennessee ................. 100 Utah ..................... 15 Vermont. ................. 0 Virginia ................... 0 Wisconsin ................. 50 Wyoming .................. 15
2-3
SECTION 2 - DlVORCES 2-5
Table 2-1. l?dirnaM Numb of Divorces and Armhenis and Fiates, With P-t Chanw From preoedins Year: United Stab, 1920-77
YeaZ
I
::: ::: 2:
::: 2: :::
::: 2: 2: 2.2 2: 2: 214 2.5 2: :::
-
I
*
1 , ::::
2: :::
::r; ::: 2;
2: ::: :::
::: 1.7 1.6 ,::“5
::: 1.4 :::
-
P e
i
R
I
-1
a
11.2 Il.6 17.9 14.4 12.0 Il.0
10.1
:::
::: 8.7
11.3
:::
2:: 7.1
:::
::: 7.5 7.2
-17.6 -24.0 +21.1 iZO.0 19.1 is.9
+7.4
2: +1.2 -3.4 44.8
96.4
+2::
-14.; -5.3
-6.2 +?A
22”
+1.4 +7.6
-2: . . .
7.2 -L
2:: 2:
2-6 SROTlON 2 - DIV0RCF.S
pegicms: IPaefhesst----------------------------------- lsortl, ccorr=~----------------------- I
I?.arrhea*t: Ney Bngland----------------------------- H*dd*= ~~~*“ric--------------------------- I
mortll ceotr.31: &St North Cent*=l*-------------------- y,vUL North cBnrTal--------------------- I
East so”* ceOrral------------..---------- west SD,,fh CeoEl*l’----------------------- I
wcsc: Ho”“nia---------------------------------- Pacific-----------------------------------
New Eoglaod: wline--------.--.----------------------
2: ‘2.:
::“, 4.8 1.3
4:: *
2:
::: 4.4 ::: 3.9 3.1 ::“2
Z:4 2: 3.1
::; 2:: 2: 5.4 5.2 2: 2:: 2: 6.1 7.4
‘4.5 ::: 5.3
‘9.0 ,.: 6.4 6.2~ 7.0 ::: :::
1:::
2: Z:Z 5.1
2: 2:
:::
:::
2: 6.2
2:
5.2 2:: :‘, 3:S 3.0 ::;
5.5 5.9 :-“, 3:*
5.6 2: 2:: 4.4 2:: 7.5
2: 6.6 5.z
I8.7 3.3 :::
2:: ::: 2: 5.0
16.9
2: 6.2 :::
g:; 6:s ::: 1.: ::: * 2: 2: 4.1 2.8 2:: 3-t 2.1 3.0 4.9 * ::“, 1.8 2: 2: ::: 5.5 4.8 3.8 2:: z 314 6.0 7.6 4.3 65:: 5.2 ‘7.9 :.I 2:: 2: 7.3 7.9 1::: 2: 6.1 2:
,z ‘& ‘6.0 2: ,.; 4.6 5.0 * 5.: 2: 2: 2.5 2.6 :*: 22 4.5 * :d *:5 2.9 2:: 2: 2:: 2; ::: ::: 3.0 2: 3.1 E 4:1 ‘7.5 5.; 5.4 2: 6.4 5.9 * 2-i ia:* 6.3 5.6 ::: 5.0
SEClTON 2 - DIVORCES 2-7 /
Table 2-3. Fkzpc&A AnmAments and Percent of Total Divoroes and Annulments: United States and Each State, 1972-77 Data am cn”“B of clrae.. ira”Id supplia by Steks]
New Bnglood: Na~oe-------------------------------r------
NN cohere---------------------------------
“c~onC--------------------------------------
ConnceCicut---------------------.------.----- Mime Iflaneie: New Yorlr-------------------------------------- I
“CSC North Ccnfrel: Ninoeao~------------------------------------
BSOC sovul Central: R=“~“y-------------------------------------- Tcnncaacc------------------------------------- hlabam~-------------------------------------- Kiaaiaoippi-----------------------------------
I
::: 0.3 --- 0.5 ___
2.6 -_. 0.2
::: 2: 1.7
0.3 ___
::: 2:
2: 2: ::: 2: 0.3
::: 0.5 0.2
___ 0.3 1.3 ___
___ ::2 ii:! ___
2:
___
2: i::
a:: i::
0.1
t::
:::
2-8 SECTION 2 - DIVOR&S’
Table 24. P-t Disbibution of Divonoes and Annulments by Duration of Marriage at l-ii of Dwrm and F&h R&istration Sbte, 1977
Divom~ Area
iBased M rampledatl:for~ue.lcie5, see tabk 2-w
B.0 1.4 3.3 1.8
3.0 ::; 3.3 2: 2: 2: ::: I.P 1.4 ::: 2: ::: ::i: 2.8
I
SECTION 2
Table 2-5. Median Ages of Divorced~Husband and]Wife at Time of Decree and at Time of Marriage: DivorceR~ation Area and Each Registration State, 1977
DIVORCES 2-9
Table 2-6. Medim. Dvrafion oi Marriage Prior to Divorce or Annulment Divination A&I and’ Each Regishat~
2-10 SECTION 2 - DIVORCES
Table 2-7. Estimated Number of children Involved in Divo~cs and Annulm&&, Average &mbr iof Children~Pw~Decree rmd Rate Per 1,000 Chilb Under 18 Years of Age:. Divorce-Registmtion Area and Each Registration State, 1977
IReterstoclurcoundcr Ilycusofagc. Esumati fm.nflqucncIcsbarcdo”~plc,
Table 2-8. F.dimaied Nuder of children Involved in Divorces and ’ Armuimh, Average Number of children Per Decree. and Rate Per 1,CCO Children Under 18 Ye&s of Age: United States,
SECTION 2 - DIVORCES’
Table 2-10. Divots and AMulments by Place Whe& MarKage was P&f omd Div-R&afion Area and Each Regjstration State, 1977
2-12 SECIION 2 - DIVORCES
Table 2-11. Divorces and Annulments by Age of Husband and Wife at Time of Decree: Div-mtion Area
SECI’ION 2 - DIVORCES 2-13
Table 2-12. Divorces and Anmlmenk by Age of H&and and Wife at Time of Maniage: Divorce-Registraiion Area and Eaoh Registration stak3, 1977
2-14 SECTION i - DlVOR&S
Table 2-13. Divorces and AnmIme& by Race of Husband by Race of Wik Divcme~tion Area and’Each R@tration Stafe, 1977
I II
I II
*,9:: z :: 45 :: f t*o
J--l- --- -_. 42,m
___ _-- __- --- --_ ___
SECTION 2 - DIVORCES 2-15
Table 2-13. Divomzs and I3nnulmenk by Rx&of H&and by Ra ce of Wife: Divorce-Registatim Area and. Each Regislraii~~~ State, 19i’i’&.
2-16 .SJEITON 2 - DIVORCES
Table 2-14. Divorces and Anmiments by Numb of This hkmiage of Husband and Wife: Divora-Regishation Area and Faoh l3egsam St&e, 1971
Ek,& Island.-----------------.-.-----------.------ south Carolina-----------------.------------------ SO”& DeLoto---------------------------------------- I Te”oeBsee.--------------------------------------------- Ilrah.--..--------.----------------------------------
I
SECTION 2 - DIVORCES 2-17
Table 2-15. Divorces and Armulmen~ by Dtpalion of Marriage at Tie of Decree: Divorce-Flegi4ratio1-1 Area and Each Registration State, 1977 lBaE.3 0” mmde drta,
Z-18 SECl’lON 2 - DNORCES
Table 2-17. Div- and Armulmnts by lhaiim of Marriage at Time of Decree and Number of children Reported: Divom~atlon
T~~nl-------------------~
under 1 year-----------------~
1-2 yMIa _--___- -- ___--__-__.
3-9 i;.~~-----------------~
10-14 ye.r~-------------------
15 years end o.qer-----------..m
Not .~.red--------------~
under 1. IcB=------------------’
1-2 years-------------------. 3-4 yell=B-----------------.
“ndar I yeQI----------------.
1-2 yePI-8--------------------.
31, y~~~~-------------------~
5-9 yBBr*----------------------
IO-l& yenra------------------
15 ycesrs end ova*------------- Not atafed------------------~
11 1,
T-r-l 3,562 3,258 1:: 531 1,019 2,173 1:: 5 232 130 171 26 96 34 ““der 5.9 LO-14 1.2 yeera--------------------- ~~=ll-.------------------- years--------------------- l~~il------------------- 1 year------------------
2,63( 2,915 3.116 282 15 v2arB and ever------------ r-i- 2,230 4,920 6,410 3,070 5,900 &,3&, 1,94, 1,97( 59, 4.410 1.53
2-20 SECTION 2 - DIVORCKS
Table 2-18. Dlvoroes and - by Month hkmiage PM lhcm-Regish&& Area and Each Rcrgishation Me, 1977
SECf’fON 2 - DIVORCES 2-21
Table Z-20. Divorces anil Annulmenk by Duration of Marriage at Time of &par&on: 20 Repn%ng States, 1977
Kanana------- Michigao----- MissO”ri-----
Wl%idIl----- ,&Yconsin----
Table 2-21. Divcrm and Aklments by Duration of separation at Tii of Dxreez 20 Reporting States, 1977 msd 0” sample data,
2-22 SECI’lOti 2 - DIVORCES
T&,]e 2-7.2. pierces and huhnent by Dumtim of Manhge at Tune of Decree by Number of Tbk uarriage of Husband and wife: Divom~n Area, 1977
15 ~=ars--------------------------------------------- 16 year=----------------------------.-------. ____ -___
1, ,~enr=--------------------------------------------- 18 ye~=rr------------------------------------ -_-__
19 years---------------------------------- _-_-____-_-_
20 years------------------------------------------------
21 y”=B-----------------------------------------------
ZL p‘esrs--------------I---------------------------------- 7.y ~eB==------------------------------------------.------
-_ ,_I_.
25-29 leers--------------------------.----------. _______-
30-34 ~ee~~s---^---------------------------------------------- .-
SECTION 2 - DIVORCES 2-23
Table 2-23. Divorces and Annulme by Number of crdldren Under 18 f ears of Age by Race: Divon%Rezjstmiion hea and Each Regiealion state, 1977
[Bad 0” sample data t%lic&n i
Area td race
DmBcE-BBGm*lml ARPA
*‘I ~~-nceB---------------------------------..---------------------------------
Nhtte _________________---______I_____________--- -- -------_--_----_____-------------- o,llc*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- oLhe~------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOl ~~eed--------------------------------------------------------------------------
AU&WA
Al1 *Ilea* ------.__-----__________________________---------------------------------
$lhita ____--___________---------------------------------------------------------------- ~lOCk-.--------------------.--------------.-------------------------------------------- Ilrhor--------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ Not anted‘- ---------- ---- ---- ----- ---------- ----- --------_-------____----------------.
AlASK.4
All r*.zes _-----______------------------------- - ____________________-----------~~~~.
Uhite------.------------------------------------------------------~-------------- Blaelr---------------------------------r- (ILhc~-------------------------------------------------------------~-------“-.-~ NOL ‘L~Led--------------------------------------------------------------------------~
CALOWIA
AlI =~-(le~-------------------------------------------------------------------
vh~LB-------------------------.-.-----------.-.-----------------------------------. BL~clr------.------------------------------------------------------------------------ (ILher--------------.------------------------------------------------------------~ “OC ~roCtd----------------------------------------------------------------------.
COWICrn
lil, ~~~~----------------------------------------------------.-------------------~
Ul,lta------.------------------------------------------------------------------------ nlacL--------------.------------------------------------------------------------. (Iulor-------------------------------------------------------------------------------. NOL ~fatcd-----------------------..-------------------------------------------------.
cB(I~m
Al, ~=cc*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
UhiLo----------------------------------- DI~Ck--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ou1B=-.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- t4c.t ~CaLe~---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hdwb~I
hll ~~ce*---------------------------------------------.----------------------
mire ------___________--------------------------------------------------------------- BL~eL--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Othc.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- bc .taw -____---___-----____-------------------------------------------------------
mAx0’
f.11 ~~ce~------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whita---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nloelt---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OrhsT---------------------------------------------------------------.---------------- N,,L ~~ted----------------------------------------------------------------------
ILxm1s
All *~CB*-------------------------------------------------.-.---------------------
vh~L.-------------------------------------------------------.-----------------------~ BlacL------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Othe=----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ Ilot *t.ted------------------------------------------------------------------------~
IOWA
*,I 211seQ-----------------------.------------------------------------------.
*ita ________________________________________----------------------------------------- B*ac~----------------------------------------~-------------------------------------. OLh..-------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ Nat ‘t.ted-------------------------------------------------------------------------
‘This sbde aska EOl rmmber c.E children effected by kcree.
I
2-24 SECTION 2 - DIVORCES
Tat& 2-23. Divorces and A~uhnents by Number of ‘.Bh Under 18 Years of Age by Race: DivorceR&ation Area and Each Flegistmtion state, 1977--ccol-
S!XTIOti 2 - DIVORCES 2-25
Table 2-23. Divom and Annulmenk by Number of children Under 18 Years of Age hy Race: Div-maation Area and Each Resistrationsbte. 1977a.
2-26 SECTION 2 - DIVORCFS
%ble 2-24. Divorces and Andpents by Age of Husband and W& at Iii of Dsxee by Number of &dmn Under 18 Years of Age: Divoe~tion Alea, 1977
““de. 20 =eB=*---------------------------------------------------------
252’I ~=~-------------------------------------------------------------
3054 ye~=ll---------------------------------------------------------------------
3559 years-------------------------------------------------------------------.
4044 lurll------------------------------------------------------------------------
4549 yBB~=s--------------------------------------------------------------------.
WIFZ
Total-----------------------------------------------------------------------
“a&r 20 ~e~=~----------------------------------------------------------------------
20-24 ye~=LI---------------------------------------------------------------------
25-29 yenra---------------------.------------------------------------------ 30-34 ~eQe*-------------------------------------------------------------------
35-39 yes~a---------------------------------------------------------------
J&f+& yeQ~B----------------------------------------.---------------
45-49 yearr _______-__ -_- _-____ - _-_- -- --------------------________II_____
50 years snd --------------------------------.------------------------
NOf DLBLel-------------------------------.----------------------------
De *lb------------------------------------- El~~o-------------------------------------- eaen~io------------------------------.----- I
Tallodcgo----------------------------------- ~all~pooao--------------------------------- Tuacaioosa------------------------------.-.
I “=alller-------------------------------------
~~~,,l”*to”-------‘--------------------------
wslcox ----------------______________________
&ynaean _____________________________________
2-28 ; SECTION 2 - DIVORCES
Table 2-25. Divonm and Annhk United. State, Each State and Cody, 1977-&n.
14111 I-=.----------------------------------~~.-
94 24 HEI”fOeh----------------------------------~
II 71 naeon------------------------------.------~
2-29
_. _.
ooudl..-------------------------------------
D” polo----‘-----‘---‘----------------------
42 Clinr~n-----------------------.------------- II - 114 c=‘ayfold----------------------------------.-
Kendall------------------------------------- Knoll----------------------------------------
la sollc-----------------------------------
Lavroncc------------------------------------
230 SECTION 2 - DIVORCES
1p.i”. _________________---____________________.
22 Har~~oo----------------------.-------------- IIF 39 Harshall ____-________________________________ I
35 Sh-“------------------------------------- Il. Smith------------------------------------ ,629 Staf~~~ord------------------------------------ I
II
__--.-- 1;; s~wens--.------------------~------.-~-----
65 s-==---.----.--------------------------.--
;o________-________-______I_____________- I
SECTION 2 - DIVORCES
dcadia-------------------------------------- dll~“--------------------------------------- I :::I1 GarreLf -______________-_______________ -_-___I
2-32 SECTION 2 - D~ORCES
%ble 2-25. hazes and Annhk United States, Each State md County, 1977-&n.
mUsso”li~ ____________________________ 1 2,,,,,(1 /
__-... came Girardtau-------.-------------------I
4,m Bea”crhead--.------------------------------- Bis. Aa=“------.-----------------.----------- r----g sl;i..----------------------.---------------- BrosdvaLe.----~---------------------------- I
ji c~~~~------------------------------------ 62 cr~fo~-----------------------------------
I/ ~~~
DPde---------------------------------------- 2, IlaUlr-----------------------------------
In+
Deer =odge----------------------------------
p=llo~----------,--------------“----------- I
SECTION i - DIVORCES 2-33
NebrasLa --_-___-_-____---------------- 1 6,112 11 Webster------------------.------------------ WhBBIB~----------------------------.-------- yarlr---------------------------.------------ I
‘%I Tlnsa -._-__.________----____________________ I
Al “ore Car~linn------.----------------- t-
234
R.ili.----------------------‘------------ Ceatan--------------‘---------------------- I
12s 12 Scia~o--------------------------.------------ 55 I
Seneca -_-------_______----- _ _-_-_____.____._ 18 ~~hclby---.---------------------.--.-------..- I II +,.-~.._-_-----___------------_---_------I 1
:: : : - van werL---------------------.--------------- - Yi”L~“------------.-----------------------
46 I Ls~~~=----------------------.--------...-- Lf”F~ll)------------------------.-------.---- HcDnrell---------------------------------..
I
211 W~=TB”-------------------------------------- I
Ney Bang=----------------------- Norfh~opCon-----------------------------..--
I
BuLherford-----------------.---.--------... spoon----------------....------.... SElrfl~“d----------------------..--------...
I
2-35
~Lnn---------------------------------------- “olhe”~------------------------------------- Horlo”----------.-------------------------- I
Magi-----------------------------------
*~La~~=“y-------------------------------- t- -h~na--------------------------------- BE~“Ye~-------------------------------------- nedbrd-.----------------------------------- I
2-36 SECTION 2 DIVORCES
Table 2-25. Divorces and Arlmhenk uti states, Each state and county, 1977~con.
Ellos-------------------------------------- ~,lnger------------------------------------ I
E=~=-----..------.-------.----------------- ~=“derdnle---------------------------------- Lawence------------------------------------ I
.sEcTION 2 -DIVORCES
Table 2-25. Divonxs and Annulmd: liSted States, Each State and Chmiy, Wi’i’--con.
6 ofnlll--------------------------------------- 3,534 V=ah~Lie------------------------------------
II 90 Ue=Lon--------------------------------------
Section 3. Paerto Rico and Virgin ldatd.3 (U. S.)
Table Page
3-l. Marriages, divorces and annulments, and rates: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1940-77. _ 3-3
3-2. Marriages and divorces and annulments: Puerto ,Rico,. Virgin Islands, and county equivalents,1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3-3. Marriages by month marriage performed: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1977 . . . . . . . _ . . 3-5
3-4. Marriages by day of week marriage performed: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1977 . . . . . 3-5
3-5. Marriages by resident status of bride and groom in area where married: Puerto Rico and VirginIslands.l977......................................................... 3-5
3-6. Marriages by marriage order and age of bride and groom: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1977...................................................................... 3-6
3-7. First marriages of both bride and groom, by age of bride, by age of groom: Puerto Rico and VirginIslands,l977......................................................... 3-6
3-8. Marriages by previous marital status of bride and groom: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1977..................................................~................... 3-7
3-9. Marriages by number of this marriage of bride and groom: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1977................................................................,..... 3-7
3-10. Divorces and annulments by specified characteristics: Virgin Islands, 1977. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8.
3-11. Divorces and annulments by specified characteristics of husband and wife: Virgin Islands, 1977...................................................-.................. 3-8
3-12. Divorces and annulments by duration of marriage at time of decreeand number of children underl8yearsofage:VbginIslands,l977.. .‘. . . . . . . . __. _. _. . . . . . . . . _. . . . . ._. . _ 3-8
3-l
NOTES
Reporting areas
Marriage data are shown for both Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Divorce totals are shown for both 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 areas of St. Croix lkland and St. Johns 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 grant divorces are located only in a few municipios in Puerto Rico; residents of other munic- ipios obtain divorces in these courts.
Race and color
For 1977, brides and grooms are not shown by race or color for either Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. Husbands. and wives divorced in 1977 are classified as white or all other for the Virgin Islands.
Section 4-the Technical Appendix-includes information about the sample specifications, sampling errors, and compIeteness of reporting for these statistics.
3-2
SECTlON 3 - PUERTO FE0 AND VIRGIN ISLANDS
2: 2: :::
2: 5.8 2: 5.8
2: 4.3 2:: 4.2
::: :-: 2:2
4.5
2:: 4.5 3.7
___ 8.4
8.8
-_- 2.1
2: ::: 1.6
6.8 5.3
2: 2.0
7.4 ::,” :::
::; 8.1
2::
1.6
:::
:::
::: ___ -__
3-4 SECTION 3 - PUEFtTO FE0 AND VIRGIN ISLANLE
Table 3-2. lvkmiags and Divorca and Annulments: Puerb Flico, T3yi1-1 Islands, and Can-&.-k, 1977
~,“~cos---------------------- Ip~a~-------------------- dgvsdllla ----I___-___- ---- *sua* B”eMs-.-----------.-- *iba*ea---------------------
SECTION 3 - PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS
Table 3-4. lvfmiqes by Day of We& Marriage Perhmeck &to Rico and virgin r&nds, 1977 IDaa for Puclto Rico bad 0” I sampk]
Area nail S”mJoy Nonday TwslEq Wednesday Thvrsdag Edday Saturday
puarta Rico-------------------------------------- 33,600 2,bW 2,970 2,190 2,360 2,860 7,100 13,520 “<&” lalands----------------------------------- 918 61 90 119 128 76 210 234
3-6 SECTION 3 - PUERTO RICO AND VRGIN ISLANDS
Table 3-6. Marriages by h&r&e Order and Age of Bride and Gromx Puerto Rico and Vii Islands, 1977 IDah ,orPuato Rim bsrcd 0” a snmplr.,
-ge order ana age PC -rage
ALL-s
f.11 eger-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“tier 18 yeara-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18-19 years---------------..----------.--.-------------------------------------------------- 20-24 pars------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25-29 years----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- s&j4 y~‘~i------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35-44 ye~~‘8----------I-----------------I---------------------------------------------------------------- 45-54.geare-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55-44 years------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 65 yeara an* MC=_____________________________________---------------------------------- _ ___________.__
Pm LldRBuLcFs
&Xl agea---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Odcz 18 yelv~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18-19 ~=a----------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________ 20-24 ye*rs--------------------------------------------------------.--.--------------- ________ 25-29 ~eere-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --_------ 30-34 ~=eera-----------l------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35-l& yenrs---------_--.-.---------------------------------------------------------------------- 45-54 yeBrs------------------------------------------------------------------------- --_____-____ 55-h& yeara------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65 ~ra aod w__________--_-_________________________--------------------------------.----
-s
A11 agea------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nndcr 20 yesrs-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20-24 lears-------------------------------------------------------------------- --_- ------ 25-29 Ifclrs------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ -__ 30-34 yesrs---------------------------------------------.----------------------------~ 31-44 ~~==-------------------------------------------------------------- _--_--_--_-___ l&y1 -=--------------------~---------------------------------------~----------- 51-64 Iul‘a------l-------------------‘--------------------------------------------- 45 yeaT, ad -=---------------------------- -_-__-- -__- -_--__- -________________.-_-- - ----------.
WbRBIAGEoRoBBrnrn~
*11 llBe?i-----------------------------------------------.---------------~
nuerto Rico
PWBM lIcD
n~da----.----------------------------------------------~--- Croan--------------------------------------------------------
VIrGM ISLNIDS
bride ________________________________________----- - _---______ -_ ~~o~------------------------------------------------------
sEc;TION 3 - i’UEFiT0 FE0 AND VBGIN ISLANDS
Table 3-10. Divorces and Am-she& by Specised Chara- virginIslan&, 1977
442
261 171
10
Table 3-l 1. Jhorces and Annulments by Specifkd Charachistics of Husband and Wife: Vii Islands, 1977
412
Table 3-12. Divorces and Annulments by Duration of Mtiage at Time of Decree and Number of Children Under 18 Yeam of &e:
Vixqin Ishnds, ‘1977
Section 4. Tech&d Appendix Page
Sourcesofdata....................... 4-3 Nationwide counts . . . _ . _ . . _ . . . . . . 4-3 Marriages and marriage rates with
seasonal adjustments . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Registration areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Standard certificates . . . _ . _ . . _ . _ . . _ . _ 4-6 Characteristics of marriages and
divorces . . . . _ . _ . . _ . _ . . . _ . . . . 4-7
Sample design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Obtaining the records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 4-8 Sampling procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 4-8
Estimating procedures . . . _ . _ . . . . . . . 4-9 Area totals . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . _ . . . _ 4-9
Figure
Page
Frequencies ........................ 4-9 Percents and rates .................. 4-9 Allocation ......................... 4-9 Children involved in divorces. ......... 4-9
Sampling errors . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Nonsampling errors . . . . . . . . . _ . . 4-12 Incomplete reporting . . . . . _ . _ . _ . 4-12 Other sources of error. . . . . . _ . . . . _ . . 4-12
Symbols used in tables _ . . . . _ . _ . . _ . _ . . 4-12
Page
4-l. Standard Certificate of Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . _ 4-4
4-2. Standard Certificate of Absolute Divorce or Annulment . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 4-5
4-3. Areas participating in the marriage-registration area and those maintaining central files: UnitedStates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4-4. Areas participating in the divorce-registration area and those maintaining central files: UnitedStates, _......_................_.._.....__............._.._..... 4-7
Table
4-l. Sources of marriage and divorce data: United States, 1867-1977 . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . _ _ . 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: 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
4-3. Selected items of statistical information on marriage records of marriage-registration States:1977................................................................ 4-15
4-4. Selected items of statistical information on divorce or annulment records of divorce- registration States: 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . _ 4-16
4-5. Marriage sample-sampling rates and sample size: Marriage-registration area, each registration State, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands, 1977 . . . _ . . . . . . . . . _ . . 4-17
4-1
Table Page
46. Marriage sample-sampling error of estimated frequency expressed as percentage of area total: Marriageregistration area, each registration State, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands,1977............................................................... 4-18
47. Divorce sample-sampling rates and sample size: Divorceregistration area, each registrationState,andVirginIslands, 1977.. . . _ _ _ _. . . _. _ _ _ _ _ _ _. _. _. _ _. . . . . _ _ _. . . 4-19
4-8. Divorce sample-sampling error of estimated frequency expressed as percentage of area total: Divorce-registration area, eachregistrationState, and Virgin Islands, 1977 . . _ . . . . 4-19
4-9. Percent of marriage records on which specified characteristics were not stated: Marriage- registration area, each registration State, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands, 1977 . _ . . . . . . 4-20
4-10. Percent of divorce and ammhuent records on which specified characteristics were not stated: Divorce-registration area, each registration State, and Virgin Islands, 1977 . . . . . 4-21
4-11. Total resident population of marriage- and divorce-registration areas, 1957-77 . _ . . _ . _ : . , , 4-22
4-12. Total resident population: United States, 1920-77. _ . _ . . _ . _ . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . , 4-22
4-13. Estimated total resident population: United States, each region, division, and State, Puerto Rico,andVirginIslands,July1,1977 . . .._...._._.. _ ._.... _ ._._ _ .._..._... _*..._ 4-23
4-14. Estimated unmarried resident population 14 years of age and over, by age, marital status, and sex: Marriage-registration area, July 1,1977. . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . . _ . _ . . _ . _ . . _ _ _ . . _ . _ . 4-23
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SOURCES OF DATA
Marriage and divorce statistics in this volume are based on information from three sources: (1) Com- plete counts of events obtained from ah States, (2) samples of marriage and divorce certificates from States meeting specified reporting criteria, and (3) preceded machine-readable data for all marriages and all divorces occurring in States participating in the Federal-State-Local Cooperative Health Statistics System (CHSS).
State and local officials annually provide com- plete 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 are computed ‘for each State, geographic division, region, and the United States. For marriages a total is also derived for the marriage- registration area.
Sample records are obtained by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) from microfilm copies of the original certificates received from the registration offices of States and areas comprising the marriage-registration area (MRA) and the divorce- registration area (DRA). The statistical information on these records, including data on the characteristics of marriages and divorces and of the persons involved in them, is edited, classified, transferred to tape for computer processing, and tabulated in NCHS. Excep- tions to this procedure are statistics from those States in the MRA or DRA that submit preceded machine- readable data to NCHS through CHSS. Statistical’data for 1977 for both marriages and divorces were provided through CHSS by the following eight States: Ilhnois, Missouri, Nebraska, New York (except for New York City marriages), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. For mar- riages, preceded data were provided by Florida, Maine, Montana, and New Hampshire.
The marriage totals for the MRA and each par- ticipating State derived from sample data differ slightly from the totals obtained from the complete count described above. The two published divorce totals for each State in the DRA also vary slightly. Only one total is published for the DRA, and it is based on sample data.
Marriage and divorce statistics for the United States, for the registration areas, and for individual States are limited to events occurring during the year and registered within the specified area. All tabula-
tions 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 District of Columbia. Alaska has been included in the U.S. tabulations since 1959 and Hawaii, since 1960. Data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were compiled for 1977 and preceding years except 1966-69 and 1972. Data for these areas were processed separately from the rest of the MRA and DRA and appear in section 3 of this volume.
Sources of marriage and divorce data since 1867 are shown in table 4-l; a description of these sources can be found in section 7, Volume III, V&z2 Statistics of the United States, 1960.
Nationwide counts
In 1977 the total counts of marriages by State and county were obtained from central files of marriage records for the 47 States maintaining them and from the District of Columbia. The registration officials of Manhattan supplied the counts for the five boroughs of New York City. In the three States without central files, counts were obtained from the counties by State officials or by NCHS. State officials reported the counts for Arizona and Oklahoma. County totals were obtained from county officials in New Mexico.
Total counts of marriages performed were re- quested from each county registration official. However, as in prior years, a small number of counties reported the number of marriage licenses issued rather than the number of marriages performed. The num- ber of marriage licenses issued is usually 1 or 2 percent greater than the number of marriages per- formed. (See page 2-1, section 2, Volume I, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1959.)
The annual counts of marriages for California ex- clude all nonlicensed marriages performed in that State. There were 1,075 nonlicensed marriages registered in 1972; 2,857 in 1973; 10,555 in 1974; 19,061 in 1975; 30,125 in 1976; and 32,008 in 1977.
Total counts of divorces by State and county in- clude decrees of absolute divorce and of annulment as well as decrees of marriage dissolution newly intro- duced in many.States. These counts were obtained from central files of the 46 States maintaining them
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and from the District of Columbia. Either local or State officials provided the county totals for the four States without central files of divorce records. Local officials in Indiana and New Mexico supplied the county totals. State officials in Arixona and Oklahoma obtained the county totals and forwarded them to NCHS.
Divorces and annulments in ‘1977 were not re- ported for one county or more in the following States: Arkansas (8), Indiana (7), Kentucky (ll), and Louisiana (12). The national and regional totals of divorces include estimates for the 12 coun- ties in Louisiana. The estimates prepared by NCHS assume that the rate in nonreporting areas of the State was the same as that observed for the report- ing areas. The number of divorces for some counties
.in Indiana is based on the number of petitions filed, rather than on the divorce decrees granted, The na- tional, regional, and State totals of divorces and an- nulments for 19 7 7 exclude 46 invalidities in Missouri and 12 1 invalid marriages in Montana.
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 for large seasonal fluctuations and for the effect of the number of Fridays and Saturdays in each month. Prior to 1970, adjustments were also made for Lent, but they were discontinued because of the lessening
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influence of Lent on marriages. Most religious denom- Marriage (figure 4-l) or Standard Certificate inations have relaxed or abolished their rules against of Absolute Divorce or Annulment (figure marriage during that period. 4-2)
Registration areas
Registration areas for the collection of marriage and divorce statistics were established in 1957 and 1958, respectively. These areas include States with adequate programs for collecting marriage and divorce statistics. Criteria for participation in the registration areas are
3. Regular reporting to the State office by all local areas in which marriages or divorces are recorded
4. Tests for completeness and accuracy of marriage or divorce registration carried out in cooperation with NCHS.
1. A central file of marriage or divorce records 2. A statistical report form conforming closely
in content to the Standard Certificate of
In 1977 the MRA (figure 4-3) comprised 41 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The DRA (figure 4-4) included 29 States and the Virgin Islands. Table 4-2 shows when
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States and independent registration areas established central files and when they were admitted to the MRA and DRA.
In the statistical tabulations in this volume, Marriage-registration area refers only to the 41 States and the District of Columbia. Divorce-registration area refers to the 29 States. Marriages in the MRA accounted for 7.9 percent of all marriages in the United States in 1977, and divorces in the DRA accounted for 60 percent of all divorces.
Standard certificates
The Standard Certificate of Marriage (figure 4-1) and the Standard Certificate of Absolute Divorce or Annulment (figure 4-Z), issued by the Public Health Service, serve as the principal means of getting com- parable data from documents used to collect informa- tion on marriages and divorces in the United States. These modelreporting forms,prepared in close collab- oration 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 educa- tion 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 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. The items “usual occupation” and “hind of business or industry” were dropped from the marriage and divorce standard records.
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 the State vital statistics law, the marriage and divorce certifi- cates 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 1977. Table 4-4 shows the same
FIGURE 4-3
AREAS PARTICIPATING IN THE MARRIAGE-REGISTRATION AREA AND THOSE MAINTAINING CENTRAL FILES: UNITED STATES, 1977.
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FIGURE 4-4
L .:
AREAS PARTICIPATING IN THE DIVORCE-REGISTRATION AREA AND THOSE MAINTAINING CENTRAL FILES: UNITED STATES, 1977
information for the Standard Certificate of Absolute Divorce or Annulment.
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.
The items processed for marriages in the MRA for 1977 and shown in this volume tiere State of mar- riage; month and day of week of marriage; type of ceremony, civil or religious; and the following items relating to characteristics of bride and groom: State of birth, date of birth or age, nativity status, resi- dence status, race, number of this marriage, previous marital status, and education.
For divorces (including absolute divorces, annul- ments, and decrees of marriage dissolution) the items processed for 1977 and shown in this volume were State in which divorce was granted, number of children under 18 years of age, month and year of marriage (from which duration of marriage and age at marriage are obtained), month and year of separation (from which duration of marriage to separation and
duration of separation to divorce are obtained), place of marriage, and the following items relating to husband and wife: Date of birth or age, race, number of this marriage, and education.
Most of the items tabulated for marriages and divorces in 1977 were on the corresponding certifi- cates of nearly all the reporting areas in the MRA or in the DRA. For marriages, items on age at marriage or date of birth and State of residence were included by every MRA State and the District of Columbia and were well reported. For divorces, date of marriage, place of marriage, and number of children were included by every State in the DRA 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 District of Columbia and the 34 States .that requested both items on their marriage certificates, first mar- riages and remarriages could be identified if either item was stated. Idaho, Maryland, and Oregon re- quested 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
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by the number of cases assumed to be first marriages because previous marital status was stated as single. Michigan, Ohio, and South Carolina requestedonly “number 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. Both items, previous marital status and number of this marriage, were removed from the Iowa marriage certificate July 1, 1976.
All of the States in the DRA except Nebraska request reporting of the number of this marriage on their divorce certificates. Not stated cases for the missing item (number of this marriage) have not been adjusted where it is stated that no prior marriage ended in death or divorce, because the latter item has been included on the certificates of only 15 States in the DRA and has been poorly reported in most of those States.
Race is generally not well reported on either mar- riage or divorce certificates. The item appears on the marriage forms of all States in the MRA except California, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and Ohio. The District of Columbia no longer reports race on its marriage certificates. Race
‘was not reported for 14,869 (1.3 percent) of the marriage certificates issued by the 34 other States which had the item on their certificates in 1977. Overall, race or color of bride and groom was not available for 599,383, or 35 percent, of the 1,723,845 marriages from the entire MRA. Race appears as an item on the divorce certificates of all States in the DRA except Michigan and Ohio. Race was not reported for 33,929 (6.1 percent) of the husbands on divorce certificates issued by the other 27 States in the DRA. Overall, race or color of husband was not available for 134,179, or 20 percent, of the husbands in the 656,339 divorces from the entire DRA. Figures for wives in divorces are very similar.
Tables 4-3, 44, 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.
SAMPLE DESIGN
Obtaining the records
Each year the States and areas participating in the MRA and the DRA prepare microfilm copies of their records, which are purchased by NCHS. Further proc- essing, including the selection of samples of certifi- cates from microfilm copies and the code-punching,
.verification, and tabulation of statistical data from
the sample records, is carried out by NCHS. As noted above, exceptions to this procedure occur for those States in the MRA or DRA which submit preceded machine-readable data tapes to NCHS through CHSS. These preceded computer tapes contain statistical data on all marriages or divorces occurring in those MRA or DRA States providing data through CHSS.
For marriages the records refer to all marriages performed in 1977 within the 41 MRA States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Nonlicensed marriages performed in California are not included in the sample (see discussion in the Section on Nationwide counts). For divorces the records. refer to all decrees of absolute divorce, dissolution of marriage, and annulment that were granted during 1977 within the 29 DRA States and the Virgin Islands.
Interlocutory divorce decrees or decrees “nisi” (which grant that the divorce takes 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.
The sampling of marriage and divorce records for States in the registration area was initiated in 1960. For earlier years, data on characteristics had been compiled from predesigned tables completed on the basis of all events and submitted by the States,
Sampling procedures
The marriage sample was designed to yield estimates of’State totals as well as frequency distribu- tions by characteristics of the bride and groom. These estimates were made for the total MRA and each State in the MRA. 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. All records were automatically included in the total MRA sample for States submit- ting preceded marriage data through CHSS. Overall, about 39 percent of all marriages in the MRA were included in the sample for 1977.
Sampling procedures for the divorce sample parallel those for the marriage sample. A sampling rate was selected so that the expected sample for each DRA State would contain at least 2,500 records. Five different sampling rates were used: All records, l/2, l/5, l/10, and l/20. All records were included in the total DRA sample for the CHSS States. Overall, about 37 percent of all divorces in the DRA were included in the sample for 1977.
The sampling procedures assure for each State a relative variance of 4 percent or less on a l-percent es-
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timate, that is, on an estimate of a characteristic that comprises 1 percent of the total events in the State.
The weights for all sample records are identical within each State. However, as shown in tables 4-5
The sampling rates, number of events, and sample cases by State for 1977 are shown in tables 4-5 (mar-
and 4-7, the weights vary among the registration States from 1 to 20. Therefore, for the MRA and
riages) and 4-7 (divorces). States participating in CHSS for either marriages or divorces are footnoted.
DRA, any two approximately equal frequencies may have different sampling errors, varying with the proportion of cases for each stratum included in the estimate.
ESTIMATING PROCEDURES Percents and rates
Area totals Rates for 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1970 are based
The figures obtained from complete counts of on the population enumerated as of April 1 in the
events furnished by the State and local offices differ censuses of those yhrs. Rates for all other years are
slightly from the estimated totals based on sample based on the estimated midyear (July 1) population
data. When possible, major differences between the for the respective years. Rates are based on popula-
totals estimated from the sample and those based on tion estimates including Armed Forces stationed in
independent counts for each reporting State are the United States but excluding Armed Forces
reconciled before the sample data are weighted and abroad, except divorce rates for 1941-46 which are
tabulated. However, even in States where 100 percent based on populations including Armed Forces abroad.
of the records are sampled, the sample estimate may differ from the State count because of differences Allocation between NCHS and State cutoff dates in accepting records. On the computer tapes containing sample mar-
The sample estimate of marriages in the MRA riage records, values were allocated for missing ages of
differed from the complete count by 0.1 percent. It bride and groom. Reporting of these items has been
differed by less than 1 percent in all States except almost 100 percent complete since 1960; in 1977
Kentucky (a difference of 1.4 percent) aud New York both items were more than 99.8 percent complete.
(1.2 percent). Race was also allocated on those sample marriage
The sample estimate of divorces in the DRA dif- records where the race of one of the spouses was
fered from the complete count by less than 0.1 per- stated. Because States in the DRA vary radically in
cent. It differed by less than 1 percent in all States the completeness with which items are reported on
except Connecticut (1.2 percent) and Montana (2.9 the divorce records, no allocations were made prior to
percent). The count for Montana in 1977 excluded tabulation of the divorce data.
12 1 invalid marriages.
Children Involved in divorces Frequencies
Procedures for estimating frequency distributions To obtain national estimates for 1970 through
for various characteristics from the marriage and 1977, the average number of children under 18 years
divorce samples involve two steps. of age per decree for the DRA was multiplied by the national divorce total. From 1965 to 1969 the
1. Each sample case was assigned a weight which average number of children per decree was computed
was the reciprocal of the sampling ratio used for the 16 States that had reported children with a
to select the case. If a marriage record was satisfactory degree of completeness in 1965 (Alaska,
selected from a State with a sampling ratio of Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri,
l/10, that record was assigned a weight of 10; Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota,
if 100 percent of the records were processed Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) and
from a State, each such record was assigned a the national divorce total was multiplied by this
weight of 1. average. This method was also used to revise figures for the years 1961-64 originally estimated by using a
2. Tabulated counts consisted of summing the different method. Consequently data for 1961-64 records multiplied by their assigned weights. Thus each frequency distribution, such as age
shown in table 2-9 differ from figures appearing in Volume III, Vital Statistics ofthe United States prior
at marriage of first-married brides, is a sum of to the 1965 issue. In 1960 the estimate was based on the weighted sample cases included. sample data for the United States. For earlier years
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total counts from States reporting the number of children were used to estimate the children involved in divorce for the United States.
SAMPLING ERRORS
Statistics for States where all records were used have no sampling error. For other States each statistic has a sampling error (or standard error) denoted by e(x). The sampling error is primarily a measure of variation that occurs 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 will be chosen for the sample is known (either all records, l/Z, l/5, l/10, or l/20, as 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 com- plete count by less than the standard error. For about 95 percent of all samples the difference would be less than twice the standard error.
Sampling errors are shown in table 4-6 for mar- riages and table 4-8 for divorces. To facilitate compar- isons among registration States with widely varying totals of marriages and 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-17 shows 48,572 remarriages to grooms 20-24 years of age in the MRA for 1977. This estimated frequency is about 3 percent of all grooms in the MRA (1,723,845). In table 4-6 under the column “3 or 97” in the row for the total MRA we find the sampzing error 688. Thus chances are about 68 out of 100 that the actual number of remarriages to grooms 20-24 years of age is within one standard error of the estimate from this particular sample (48,572 + 688, or between 47,884 and 49,260). The interval from 47,884 to 49,260 is called a 68-percent confidence interval for the actual number of remarriages of grooms 20-24 years of age. The sampling error of a given frequency of marriages or divorces in a particular State -can be calculated from the formula
Ni = the final count of events reported by State i (tables l-6. and 2-2)
% = the number of sample records in State i (tables 4-5 and 4-7)
pij = estimated proportion of all cases with the characteristic j to be studied for State i (shown in the spread margin of tables 4-6 and 4-8 as percent under “1 or 99,” “2 or 98,” “ 3 or 97,” etc.)
qij = 1 -pij xii = Nipii, the estimated frequency of the
characteristic under study.
In this formula we see that when the number of sample records, ni, is the same as the total marriages, iVi, the numerator becomes zero, and there is no sampling error for States that have all their records processed. We also see that because the values of pij and qij are complementary, their product @ijqu) re- mains the same if their values are reversed. For instance, the estimated sampling error for an estimate of 5 percent is the same as the sampling error for 95 percent. Therefore the sampling error for both values is listed in one column in tables 4-6 and 4-8 under the heading “5 or 95.”
For example, to calculate the sampling error for previously widowed Alabama brides
Ni = 45,694, the final count of Alabama mar- riages (table l-6)
ni = 4,608, the number of sample records for Alabama (table 4-5)
xii = 2,490, the estimated frequency of pre- viously widowed Alabama brides (table l-25)
pij = the number of previously widowed Alabama brides expressed as a percent of ail marriages: 2,490/45,694 = .05 or 5 percent
qij = 1 -pij = .95 or 95 percent
=d
~(~ij)= /y q&490) = ~45y6g4(41bP~(.05)(.g5)= L39‘ I
So chances are 68 out of 100 that the actual number where of previousIy widowed Alabama brides is between
i = a State or registration area 2,351 and 2,629 (2,490 + 139).
The estimated sampling error for the MRA can j = a subclass, such as an age group of brides be computed from the formula
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where
42 refers to the 41 States and the Dis- trict of Columbia in the MRA
Nk = the final count of events reported by the k-th MRA State
Tzk = the number of sample records in the same State
pkj = the estimated percent of all cases in State k with the characteristic j
qkj = 1 -Pkj.
Using the same formula, sampling errors for the DRA shown in table 4-8 were computed by summing over the 29 States in the DRA.
Marry 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 tables 4-6 or 4-8 by the estimated total number of events for the area. For example, table l-10 shows that 4.1 percent of ah Wyoming brides were previously widowed. In table 4-6 under the spread margin “4 or 96” the Wyoming sampling error is 15. Divide 15 by 6,022, the esti- mated number of marriages in Wyoming as shown in the stub margin of the same table. The result is 0.2 percent, the sampling error for an estimated 4 per- cent of 1977 Wyoming marriages. Thus chances are about 68 out of 100 that the actual percent of pre- viously widowed Wyoming brides is 4.1. f 0.2, or between 3.9 and 4.3 percent.
The following formula is used to compute a sam- pling error for the proportion of events in a subclass of a subgroup, where the number of events in the sub- group is also subject to sampling error:
where
Y = the estimated frequency of the subgroup x .= the estimated frequency of the subclass
etv )= of the subgroup the sampling error of y from table 4-6 or 4-8
etxl= the sampling error of x from table 4-6 or 4-8
To illustrate, if we wanted the sampling error for the proportion of all previously married Louisiana brides who were 20-24 years of age, let
x = 1,990 previously married Louisiana brides who were 20-24 years of age (table 1-18)
Y I 10,390 previously married Louisiana brides
x/y = 0.1915 a(~)= ir (1,990) = 129 from table 4-6 under “5
or 95” since x is approximately .05 of all Louisiana brides (x/N = 1,990/38,380 = .05)
c(y)= ti (10,390) = 255 from table 4-6 under “25 or 75” since y is ,approximately .25 of all Louisiana brides (y/N = 10,390/ 38,380 = .27)
6(x/y)= (1/10X390) 4 (129)’ - (-1915)’ (255)a = .0115’or 1.15lpercent.
So chances are 68 out of 100 that the actual propor- tion of previously ,married Louisiana brides who were 20-24 years of age was .1915 + .0114, or between 18.01 percent and 20.29 percent.
The significance of the difference between two proportions may be determined by the following formula:
61 IYl) - (X21Y2)
where the x’s and y’s represent the same subgroups as above, but of two populations, and where the denominator, under the square root sign, represents the sampling error of the difference between the proportions ~1 /yl and x&2 shown in the numerator of the formula. If the above ratio is 2 or larger, the difference between proportions is considered signifi- cant at the .05 level.
For example, 19.15 percent of previously married brides in Louisiana were 20-24 years of age, with a sampling error of 1.14 percent. Using the same proce- dure for previously married brides in Minnesota, .1325 or 13.25 percent were 20-24 years of age, with a sam- pling error of .0126 or 1.26 percent. By the above formula:
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.I915 - -1325 &z!E!!L35 tiw -0171 - -
.&ice the difference in proportion divided by the sampling error is larger than 2, this difference of 5.9 percentage points between remarried brides in Louisi- ana and those in Minnesota is expected to occur by chance no more than once in 20 times; the difference is statistically significant at the .05 level.
NONSAMPLING ERRORS
In addition to the sampling errors described above, there are several other sources of variation that are little affected by the size or design of the sample.
Incomplete reporting
Nonresponse errors in mania@ and divorce data may arise from any of these three sources: (1) The item is not on the certificate of a particular reporting area. For example, the item “color” was removed from the 19 7 1 revision of the Massachusetts marriage record; (2) sometimes when a State revises its form to include additional items, copies of the old form are still used extensively by registration offices until a supply of the old version is exhausted; or (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 three 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 1977. Footnotes to entries identify the specific State where an item was not on the certificate form (not report- able). 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 of divorce or annulment arose from unanswered items (not completed). On the divorce records, personal informa- tion (age, race, etc.) typically has been less com- pletely reported than information about the dissolved marriage or about the type of decree.
Other sources of error
Inconsistent re!ponses-Occasionally, for both marriages and divorces, the responses to related items are inconsistent. For example, the previous marital status of the bride or groom, as shown on the mar- riage certificate, may not be consistent with the stated n;unber of times married or number of this marriage. Such differences are reconciled before tabulation.
A,mbipous wording of items.-Some of the items are worded io that they do not yield information easily classified in standardized categories. This often leads to errors in classification, more frequently of geographic place names (residence, place of marriage, and place of birth) and of previous marriages.
MicrojiZm errors.-Errors in the arrangement of the records received on microfilm in NCHS some- times occur when numbers on the records are out of sequence, missing, or duplicated, or when records that are not part of the universe being sampled are erroneously included in the file.
Processing errors.-Errors may arise in coding, punching, or tabulating of records. However, all sample coding was verified 100 percent; data already on computer tape were edited for impossible codes and for inconsistencies. Instances.of impossible codes and incons$tencies in information about previous marriages were rechecked to the records.
In general, for most of the data available from 1960 onward. the comuleteness and vear-to-vear con- sistency z.e coverage of systems.
‘evidence- of the basil reliability and the marriage- and divorce-registration
SYMBOLS USED IN TABLES
Data not available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
category not applicable . . . . . . . . . . . - . .
Quantity zero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quautity more than 0 but less than 0.05 . . .
Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 4-l. Sources of Mar&e and Divorce Dak United States, 1867-1977
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4-16 SECTION 4 - TECHNICAL APPENDIX
Table 4-4. Select&d Items of Shtistid Info~n on Divorce or Annulment Records of Dime-Registration States 1977
SE&ON 4 - EmCAL AkPENDIX 4-17
?a& 45. Marriage Sample-Sampling Rates and San& size: Marriage-Resjshetian Arm, Each Rqiskation Sate, Puerto Rico, and &rginIslands, 1977
4-18 SECTION 4 - TECHNICfi A@PENDIX
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SECIION 4 - TECXINICAL APF’ENDIX 4-19
Table 47. Divorce Sasple-sampling Fkk end Sample Size: Di -R~ation Area. Each Rqisbatiop State, end Vii J&r&, 1977
Table 4.8. Divorce Sampk-Sampling !&or of Estimated Frequency Fxpked es Percentage of Area Total: Divorce--ation &ea, Each
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4-20 SECTION 4 - TECHNICAL APPENDiX
Table 49. Pcxcent of Marriage Records on Which Specjried Char~cs Were Not Stated: Marriage-Rmtion Am, Each Rcxzgihatim
Marriage-egiatration *.cB~----------------.
Alabarns-----------------------
Del~~=e----------------------
DisfriEf of Columbia------------ Ploride-----------------------. Georgia---------------------
UN H~~hire-----------------. “Or Je,.sw _______ _______ - --_.
Oregon-----------------------
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SECTiON 4 - l&HNICAL APPENDIX 4-21
Table’ 410. Percent of Divorce and Annulment Recmds on-I&ich Sm Chard Were Not Stat&: L.Xvo~~ation Area, Each Re@t&m State, a&l Vin$n Islands, 1977
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SECTION 4 TECHNICAL APPENDIX
Table 4il. Total I&zidmt Population of Mamiage- and Ihorn- Registration Areas, 1957-77
SECTJ6N 4 - TECHNJCAL APPENJIX 423
Table 413. Estimated Total l-k&lent Population: U&d St&s, Each R&on, lhision, and State, Puerto Rim,’ and V&in Islands,
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