Title: Marriage, divorce, and remarriage from retrospective data: a multiregional approach

POPLINE Document Number: 204728

Author(s):

Espenshade TJ

Source citation:

Environment and Planning A, 1983 Dec;15(12):1,633-52.

Abstract:

"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 [U.S.] 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." Consideration is given to "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." (EXCERPT)

Keywords:

United States
Marriage Patterns
Divorce
Remarriage
Marital Status
Multiregional Analysis
Retrospective Studies
Life Tables
Life Table Method
Changes
Never Married
Currently Married
Divorced
Widowed
Sex Factors
Blacks
Whites
Cohort Analysis
Ever Married
Marriage Age
Marriage Duration
Developing Countries
Developed Countries
North America
Americas
Marriage
Nuptiality
Research Methodology
Studies
Demographic Analysis
Social Change
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Ethnic Groups
Cultural Background