United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

8 2 Vital Statistics
No. 124. M a r r i a g e s a n d D i v o r c e s : 1 9 5 0 t o 1 9 7 9
Prior to I960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. For definition of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation. See also H is to ric a l
S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im as to 1970, series A 158-159 and B 214-220]
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 1950 1956 1960 1965 1970 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
MARRIAGES
Total (1,000)........................................... 1,667 1,531 1,523 1,800 2,159 2,230 2,153 2,155 2,178 ‘2,282 12,331
Rate per 1,000 population............................... 11.1 9.3 8.5 9.3 10.6 10.5 10.1 10.0 10.1 '10.5 ■10.6
Rate per 1,000 unmarried women:
15-44 years old.............................. ............ 166.4 161.1 148.0 144.3 140.2 128.4 118.5 113.4 109.8 '109.1 ■107.9
15 years old and over................................. 90.2 80.9 73.5 75.0 76.5 72.0 66.9 65.2 63.6 >64.1 •69.6
First marriage of bride2 (1,000}........................ (NA) (NA) 664 1,043 1,252 1,271 1,191 1,163 1,147 1,174 1,214
Rate per 1,000 single women:
14 years old ana over............................... 62.1 (NA) 87.5 84.4 62.9 74.8 68.1 64.8 62.7 62.1 62.1
18-19 years..... (NA) (NA) 206.4 166.9 151.4 133.5 115.0 105.1 99.6 95.6 91.7
20-24 years... (NA) (NA) 263.9 237.3 220.1 159.5 143.8 133.4 125.6 123.0 121.9
25-44 years... (NA) (NA) (NA) 96.4 82.5 85.7 81.7 81.8 78.6 77.1 76.8
45-64 years... (NA) (NA) (NA) 9.0 8.6 9.6 9.2 9.3 8.6 7.9 7.8
Median age at first marriage:3
Mate (years)............................................... . 322.B *22.6 422.8 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.7 22.9 23.0 23.2 23.4
Female (years)............................................ 320.3 32Q.2 a20.3 20.4 20.6 20.6 20.8 21.0 21.1 21.4 21.6
Remarriages of bride2 (1,000).......................... (NA) (NA) 197 305 393 494 510 516 532 548 582
Rate per 1,000 widowed and divorced:
14 years old and over.................... .......... (NA) (NA) 32.7 33.7 36.6 40.0 40.1 39.7 40.0 40.0 40.8
14-24 years.............. (NA) (NA) 407.7 471.0 317.6 332.1 319.9 324.4 323.5 321.5 312.6
25-44 years.............. (NA) (NA) (NA) 139.6 142.3 147.3 144.5 133.2 129.0 126.8 127.5
45-64 years................... (NA) (NA) 22.0 24.5 24.8 24.4 23.5 23.5 22.1 21.9 21.0
Median age at remarriage:3
Male (years).... .......................................... (NA) (NA) (NA) 39.6 37.5 35.7 35.5 35.1 34.9 35.1 35.3
Femate (years).............................. .............. (NA| (NA) (NA) 35.5 33.3 32.1 32.0 31.7 31.4 31,5 31.9
DIVORCES4
Total (1,000)........................................... 385 377 393 479 708 977 1,036 1,083 1,091 1,130 1,161
Rate per 1,000 population....... .............. . 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.5 3.5 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.4
Rate per 1,000 married women, 15 yr. old
and over.................................................. . 10.3 9.3 9.2 10.6 14.9 19.3 20.3 21.1 21.1 21.9 22.8
Median duration of marriage4 (years).............. 5.8 6.4 7.1 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.8
Median age at divorce after 1st marriage:6
Male (years)..................................... ...... . (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 30.5 30.3 30.2 30.3 30.6 30.7 31.0
Female (years)........................................... (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 27.9 28.1 2B.1 26.2 28.4 28.4 26.7
Children involved in divorces6 (1,000)............ (NA) 347 463 630 870 1,099 1,123 1,1 T7 1,095 1,147 1,181
Avg. number ol children Involved................. (NA) .92 1.18 1.32 1.22 1.12 1.08 1.03 1.00 1.01 1.00
NA Not available, includes 37,462 nonlicensed marriages registered In California for 1978 and 41,961 for 1979. 2 Number
of States reporting: I960, 33, Including New York but excluding New York City; 1965, 38; 1970, 39; 1974-1978, 41; and 1979, 42.
Beginning 1965, includes D.C. 1 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-20, No. 349.
'Includes annulments. 5Number of States reporting: 1950, 16; 1955, 23; 1960, 18; 1965, 22; 1970 and 1978, 28; 1974-77,
29; and 1979, 30. •Number of States reporting: 1970, 27; and 1974-78, 28. and 1979, 30. Median age computed on grouped
ages.
Source: Except as noted, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, V ita l S ta tis tic s o f th e U n ite d S ta te s , annual; M o n th ly V ita t
S ta tis tic s R e p o rt; and unpublished data.
No. 1 2 5 . F ir s t M a r r i a g e s , D i v o r c e s , a n d R e m a r r i a g e s f o r W o m e n : 1 9 3 0 t o 1 9 7 7
[Numbers In thousands. Figures represent annual averages. Noninstitutiona! population excluding members of the Armed Forces
living in barracks]
PERIOD
FIRST
MARRIAGES
Rate1
DIVORCES
Rate2
REMARRIAGES
Rate3
PERIOD
FIRST
m arriages
Number
Number
Number
Number
OIVORCES
Rate2
REMARRIAGES
Rate1 Number
Number
Rate3
1930-1932......... 919 81 183 10 138 81 1954-1956......... 1,182 120 379 15 353 129
1933-1935......... 1,081 92 106 11 162 69 1957-1959......... 1,128 112 381 15 359 129
1936-1938......... 1,183 98 243 13 201 83 1960-1962......... 1,205 112 407 16 345 119
1030-1941........ 1,312 106 269 14 254 103 1963-1965........ 1.311 109 452 17 415 143
1042-1944......... 1,247 106 360 17 354 139 1966-1968____ 1,440 107 535 20 511 166
1945-1947........ 1,540 143 526 24 425 163 1969-1971........ 1,649 109 702 26 515 152
1948-1950........ 1,326 134 397 17 360 135 1972-1974___ 1,662 103 907 32 601 151
1951-1953........ 1,190 122 388 16 370 136 1975-1977......... 1,508 85 1,070 37 646 134
‘ Per 1,000 single women 14 to 44 years old. aPer 1,000 married women 14-44 years old. aper 1,000 widowed and
divorced women 14-54 years old.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-23, No. 100.