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Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage from Retrospective Data: A Multiregional Approach

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  • T J Espenshade

    (The Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA)

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In this paper the author applies the framework of multiregional population analysis to marital status changes as revealed by longitudinal retrospective data on marital histories collected as part of the June 1975 Current Population Survey supplement. Four marital statuses are used: never married, presently married, divorced, and widowed. Marital status life tables are computed for three periods: 1960–1965, 1965–1970, and 1970–1975, and, for each period, differences between males and females and between whites and blacks are described. We examine the proportion of a life-table cohort ever marrying, the mean age at first marriage, the number of marriages per person marrying, the proportion of marriages ending in divorce, the average duration of a marriage (or a divorce, or a widowhood), and the like.

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  • T J Espenshade, 1983. "Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage from Retrospective Data: A Multiregional Approach," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 15(12), pages 1633-1652, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:15:y:1983:i:12:p:1633-1652
    DOI: 10.1068/a151633
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    1. Samuel Preston & John McDonald, 1979. "The incidence of divorce within cohorts of American marriages contracted since the civil war," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 16(1), pages 1-25, February.
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    1. David Weaver, 2000. "The accuracy of survey-reported marital status: Evidence from survey records matched to social security records," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 37(3), pages 395-399, August.

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