United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Marital Status 41
N o . 5 2 . P e r c e n t M a r r i e d a n d D i v o r c e d o f t h e P o p u l a t i o n , 1 8 Y e a r s O l d a n d O v e r :
1 9 6 0 to 1 9 8 1
[As of March. Based on Current Population Survey and excludes Armed Forces except those living off post or with their families
on post; see text, p. 2]
SEX AND RACE 1960 1966 1970 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1 1960 3 1981
Percent married:
Male............ ..................
White....... ..................
76.4 76.2 75.3 73.7 72.8 72.2 70.9 70.1 69.2 68.6 68.4 6 7 .8
77.3 78.9 76.1 74.9 73.9 73.4 72.3 71.7 70.7 70.1 70.0 6 9 .6
Black and other....... ....................... 68.4 70.2 65.4 63.1 63.5 62,0 60.6 58.4 57.5 57.1 56.3 6 5 .2
Female........ .................. 71.6 70.5 66.6 67,6 66.7 66.2 65.3 64.2 63.5 63.1 63.0 6 2 .4
White....... .................. 72.2 70.9 69.3 68.6 66.0 67,6 66.7 65.9 65.2 64.8 64.7 64.1
Black and other.............................. 66.3 67.6 62,6 58.9 67.3 56.2 55.4 52.6 51.8 51.6 51.6 50.9
Percent divorced:
Male............................ ....................... 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.8 5.2 5.2 5 .7
White.............................................. 2.0 2.4 2.4 3.3 3.6 3,6 4.4 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 5 .5
Black and other.............................. 2.2 3.4 3.4 4.8 4.6 5,5 5.0 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.4 7.0
Female............................................... 2.9 3.3 3.9 4.9 5.3 5.7 6.2 6,6 6.6 7.1 7.1 7.6
White.............................................. 2.7 3.1 3.8 4.7 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.8 6.8 7.2
Black and other............................... 4.8 4.5 4.8 6.3 7.1 7.4 B.2 8.8 8.3 6.9 8.6 9 .6
‘ Population controls based on 1970 census; see text, p. 2. ‘ Population controls based on 1980 census; see text, p. 2 .
N o . 5 3 . S i n g l e ( N e v e r - M a r r i e d ) P e r s o n s 1 8 Y e a r s O l d a n d O v e r as P e r c e n t o f T o t a l
P o p u l a t i o n , b y A g e a n d S e x : I 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[I960, as of April; thereafter based on Current Population Survey as of March. See headnote, table 49]
AGE
MALE
FEMALE
1960 1970 1976 1980 1 1981 1960 1970 1975 I960 1 m i
T o ta l................................................ 17.3 18.9 20.8 23.8 23.9 119 13.7 14.6 17.1 1 7.4
16 years...................................... 94.6 95.1 96.8 97.4 97.8 75.6 82.0 83.7 68.0 8 8 .6
19 years...................................... 87.1 69.9 89.3 90.9 93.4 59.7 68.8 71.4 77.6 8 0 .5
20-24 years................................ 63.1 54.7 59.9 68.6 69.5 28.4 35.6 40.3 50.2 5 1 .9
25-29 years................................. 20.8 19.1 22.3 33.1 33.8 10.5 10.5 13.8 20.9 2 1 .8
30-34 years................................. 11.9 9.4 11.1 15.9 16.4 6.9 6.2 7.5 9.5 1 0 .4
35-39 years................................. 8.8 7.2 8.6 7.8 8.6 6.1 5.4 5.0 6.2 6 . 2
40-44 years................................. 7.3 6.3 7.2 7.1 8.3 6.1 4.9 4.8 4.8 4 . 5
45-54 years................................ 7.4 7.5 6.3 6.1 5.1 7.0 4.9 4.6 4 .7 4 . 7
55-64 years................................. 8.0 7.8 6.5 5.3 5.1 8.0 6.8 5.1 4.5 4 . 2
65 years and over....................... 7.7 7.5 4.7 4.9 4.5 8.6 7.7 5.8 5.9 5 .7
1Population controls based on 1880 census; see text, p. 2 .
No. 5 4 . M a rita l Status o f P o p u l a t i o n , 1 5 Y e a r s O l d a n d O v e r , b y H o u s e h o l d e r S t a t u s ,
S e x a n d A g e : 1 9 8 1
[In thousands, except percent As of March. Based on Current Population Survey; see text, p. 2, and Appendix III]
MALE
FEMALE
ITEM
Total'
Total1
20-24
years 25-44
years 45-64
years
65 yr.
and
over
Total1 20-24
years
25-44
years
45-64
years
65 yr.
and
over
T o ta l persons.................................... . 174,081 82,949 10,300 31,431 20,970 10,107 91,133 10,685 32,584 23,226 1 4 ,5 7 0
Householder*.... ................ ...... 82,366 58,686 4,052 25,970 19,143 9,228 23,684 1,862 7,647 6,256 7,683
Single........... ........................ 10,021 5,205 1,430 2,670 629 309 4,816 1,280 2,145 617 578
Married, spouse present........ 49,294 47,473 2,466 20,880 16,615 7,390 1,821 187 805 555 258
Widowed.............................. 10,785 1,582 _ 58 441 1,083 9,203 12 3 7 0 j 2.600 6,220
Divorced................................. 8,239 2,965 77 1,640 992 273 5,254 212 2,849 1,741 440
Not householder3..................... 91,713 24,264 6,248 5,462 1,828 879 67,449 8,623 24,937 16,973 6,896
Single............. ...................... 34,936 19,219 5,732 3,156 440 143 15,717 4,264 1,722 416 257
Married, spouse present......... 50,498 2,423 281 1,064 643 393 48,075 4,140 22,151 15,863 5,255
Widowed............................... 2,009 366 4 25 124 213 1,642 10 56 322 1,253
Divorced................................ 2,602 1,408 113 808 415 69 1,194 189 656 240 83
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
T o ta l persona............................. 100.0 100.0 100,0 100.0 100.0 1004) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1 0 0 .0
Householder*.......................... 47.3 70.7 39.3 82.6 91.3 91.3 26.0 17.4 23.5 26.9 52.7
Single.................................... 5.8 6.3 13.9 6.5 3.0 3.1 5.3 12.0 6.6 2.7 4.0
Married, spouse present........ 28.3 57.2 23.9 66.4 79.2 73.1 2.0 1.8 2.5 2.4 1 . 8
Widowed............................... 6.2 1.9 _ .2 2.1 10.7 10.1 .1 1.1 11.2 42.7
Divorced............................... 4.7 3.6 .7 5.2 4.7 2.7 5.8 2.0 8.7 7.5 3.0
Not householder8..................... 52.7 29.3 60.7 17.4 8.7 8.7 74.0 82.6 76.5 73.1 47.3
Single.................................... 20.1 23.2 55.7 10.0 2.1 1.4 17.2 39.9 5.3 1.8 1 . 8
Married, spouse present........ 29.0 2.9 2 .7 3.4 3.1 3.9 52.8 38.7 68.0 66.3 36.0
Widowed............................... 1.2 .4 - .1 .6 2.1 1.B .1 .2 1.4 6.6
Divorced................................ 1.5 1.7 1.1 2.6 2.0 .7 1.3 1.8 2.0 1.0 . 6
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. ‘Includes 15-19 year olds. ‘Includes other marital status not shown separately.
Source of tables 52-54: 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. 372 and earlier reports.