Pierre André Chiappori (Columbia) "Family Economics" - Cemmap

34 1. Facts
Birth cohort 1931-36
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990
Married, men 60.84 74.25 74.56 70.25 65.06 61.39 57.45
first time women 69.45 69.00 65.28 58.92 52.51 45.36 38.75
Married, second men 2.08 5.57 8.26 12.16 15.15 18.88 20.21
time or more women 4.95 8.79 11.28 12.95 13.87 13.84 11.5
Divorced, men 3.05 3.73 5.02 8.67 8.31 7.76 8.97
first time women 4.45 6.37 7.86 13.25 13.50 15.64 17.24
Never married men 26.90 14.64 10.74 9.01 8.30 7.90 7.52
women 20.10 13.30 10.64 9.29 6.78 8.41 8.03
Birth cohort 1937-41
Married, men 19.59 60.57 71.33 67.38 62.49 58.52 55.09
first time women 47.13 66.95 66.05 58.52 50.61 44.05 36.72
Married, second men 0.47 2.60 7.47 12.27 16.92 19.24 21.49
time or more Women 2.01 6.31 10.17 12.89 14.96 16.33 16.82
Divorced, men 1.04 4.20 5.40 6.90 9.86 10.52 9.78
first time women 2.65 5.59 8.88 11.03 16.68 18.48 21.40
Never married men 63.90 26.43 13.57 9.88 8.32 7.66 7.24
women 47.70 20.22 12.54 10.24 9.23 8.81 8.59
Source: Health and Retirement Survey, 1992
TABLE 1.6. Marital History, US, of the 1931-36 and 1937-41 Birth Cohorts
Marital and educational Males Females
Status N=2085 N=2202
Not married no child at age 35 0.15 0.08
Married before age 36 0.81 0.89
Had child before age 36 0.67 0.78
Divorced before age 36 0.26 0.35
Finished school before age 36 0.90 0.90
Had child before first marriage 0.10 0.16
Married before finishing school 0.16 0.21
Source: National Longitudinal Survey, Youth, 1979
TABLE 1.7. Marital History of the NLS Panel