NATIONAL CENTER Series 21

For HEALTH STATISTICS Number 2

VITAL and HEALTH STATISTICS

DATA FROM THE NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM

DemographicCharacteristics of PersonsMarriedBetween January1955andJune1958

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Age at marriage and marriage order of husbands crrd wives married from January 1955-June 1958, bv color, , residence, , husband’s occupation and s(aiws as head of house ho Id, and status of wife in the labor force. Data on couples living in June

1958 in households inc Iuded in nationwide survey.

Washington, D .C. Apri I 1965

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF Public Health ServiceHEALTH, EDUCATION , AND WELFARE

AnthorIy J. Celebrezze Luther L. Terry

Secretary Surgeon General

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS

FORREST E. LIND13R, PH. D., Director

“rHEODORED. WOOLSFX, Dejwy Director

0. K.SAGEN,PH.D.,~$si~tant Director

W.U.TR.SIMMON’S,MA., staththa~ AdviJor

.U.ICEx4.W,4TERHOUE, M.D.,Medical Advi~or

JAMES E.KELLY,D.D,S.,Dental Advi~or

LOUISR.STOLCIS, MA., flxecutive Ojicer

DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS

ROBERTD. GROVE, PH. D., Chief

AXDERS S. LUXDE, PH. D., Assisiant Chief

Public Health Service Publication No. 1000-Series 21-No. 2

Library o/Congress Card Nunzber 65-60050

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CONTENTS .

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Source of Data -------------------------------------------------------- 1

Differences in Marriage.Estimates-----------------,--------------------- 1

Age mdMrriage Order 2 Distributions by Age and Marriage Order of Spouse 4 Distributions by Residence and Color 5 Status of Husband as Head of Household 8

Occupation of Husband and Labor Force Status of Wife 9 Age” and Marriage Order by Occupation of Husband---- 10 -

Employment Status of Wife ------------------------------------------ 11 Occupational Distributions of Husbands by Marriage Order 14

figMights 17

Detailed Tables 21

Appendix I. Technical Notes on Methods--:----------------------------- 40

Age at Marriage 40

Medians of Computed Ages at Marriage 40

Sample Design and Estimation Procedure 40

Reliability of the Estimates 40

Appendix II. Definitions of Certain Terms Used in This Report 42

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DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS MARRIED

BETWEEN JANUARY 1955 AND JUNE 1958 Carl E. Ortmeyer, Division of Vital Statistics

The purpose of the present report is to de- addition to that secured for others in the Survey: scribe and analyze the principal demographic

1. Is this a married man living with his wife? characteristics of couples married during the

2. If the answer to the above question was “yes, ” 3% years from January 1955-June 1958.

in what year were (the couple) married? The analysis is focused on variations in the 3. If date of marriage was on or after January 1,

distributions of first and remarriages and of age 1955, at marriage, by residence (region and farm vs. a. where did (the couple) get married? nonfarm), color, and status of husband as head of b. where was (husband, wife) living at time of household, as well as by occupational status of marriage? husband and employment status of wife. The data c. is this (husband’s, wife ‘s) first marriage? in the report, secured from a nationwide sample

of recently married couples, supplement statistics DIFFERENCES IN MARRIAGE obtained from marriage certificates, which are ESTIMATES available from about two-thirds of the States. The

report itself relates statistics usually tabulated Based on the sample of households inter-

from these certificates (age, marriage order, and viewed in June 1958, the estimated total number

color) to key socioeconomic characteristics. of recently married couples was 3,692,000 (table 1). (Estimates of totals when cited in the text are

rounded to thousands. ) Of these 3.7 million cou-

SOURCE OF DATA ples 1,061,000 were married in 1957, 1,091,000

in 1956, 1,097,000 in 1955, and 443,000 during the The present study is based on a special sur- first 6 months of 1958.

vey for the National Office of Vital Statistics The number of marriages performed in the (NOVS). Field work was done by the Bureau United States during this period, as estimated of the Census under special arrangements with from marriage records, was as follows: NOVS . Mawiages

Data were collected from respondents in performed

sample households interviewed in the June 1958 Current Population Survey of the United States. nll~~intio ..7 . . . ..L.A ~..+ .~ 1 A

Total 5,324,700

1958 1690,700 1957 1,518,(300

1956------------------------ 1,585,000”

1955 1,531,000

lEstimated by multiplying the 1958 U.S. total by the ratio of January-June marriages to all 1958 marriages in a group of 39 re-porting States.

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The estimated 3,692,000 recently married couples for the period January 1955-June 1958 constitute 69 percent of the estimated number of marriages performed during the same period.

The numbers of recently married couples and of marriages performed are estimated totals of two different populations. It is necessary to avoid confusing the two when analyzing demo-graphic characteristics of the couples-’ in this study and those of brides and grooms, which are tabulated and published by the National Center for Health “Statistics (NCHS) using data from marriage certi~icates (records).

The’main differences between the two popu­lations in tekms of subgroups included in one and not the other’ are listed below:

Recently married Marriages

Subgroup couples performed

Couples married during the period but legally separated or divorced Not before the Survey----------------- included Included

Couples married during the period, one or both of whom died before Not the Survey included Included

Only last AU

Persons mar’riedmnre than once msrriage marriages during the period----------------- included included

Couples married during the period and still married, but not living in the same household at the time Not of the Survey--------------------- included Included

Couples married during the period whose marriages were arundled Not

before the Survey----------------- included Included

Counted as number of ceremonies

Couples for whom more than one Coumted for which marriage ceremony was performed as one licenses during the period----------------- couple were issued

Couples married under common law Not only------------------------------Included. included

The analysis of the data in this report does not include estimates of the sizes of these sub-groups, since such an undertaking would fall out-side the scope of the present report. However, results are available of a careful study of the differences between estimates of the total number of men and women married during an immedi­ately preceding period (January 1950-April 1953) based on data from sample households in a monthly

.Current Population Survey (CPS) and estimates of

the number of brides and grooms based on mar­riage records.1

Investigators found that the number of women married during this period, when estimated from the CPS sample, was 86 percent of the e’stimate from marriage records, while the sample estimate of men married during the same period was only 79 percent. Exclusion from the sample of members of the Armed Forces living in barracks and sta­tioned overseas accounted for most of this dis­crepancy. The investigators cited estimates for four lesser sources of discrepancy between sam­ple and record-count estimates, but found that 9 percentage points of each difference remained due to several unquantifiable sources of error in the record counts and sample enumerations. A separate comparison of marriage-order and age­..-at-marriage rates by sex based on CPS sample and record-count data showed similarities in these variables despite differences in area coverage.

AGE AND MARRIAGE ORDER

Distributions of age at marriage by reported year of marriage are shown in table 1 for 2,983,000 husbands and 2,95 ~,000 wives married for the first time and for the 697,000 husbands and 733,000 wives whose last marriages during this 3%year period were remarriages. Percent distributions are shown in table A. Among the first married, the proportion of husbands (15 percent) who mar­ried at ages 14-19 years was only one-third the proportion of wives (45 percent) married at these ages. On the other hand, 11 percent of these hus­bands but only 6 percent of these wives were 30 years or older at marriage. Among the remar­ried, 25 percent of the husbands and 34 percent of the wives were in the age group 14-29, whereas 25 percent of these husbands but only 17 percent of these wives were 50 years of age and over when married.

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Table A. Percent distribution of marriages, by age at marriage of husband and of wife according to”marriage order and year of marriage: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Year of marriage Marriage order of husband and of wife and age

at marriage

Husband

First marriage

14-19 years 20-21 years 22-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35+ years

Remarriage

14-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-49 years 50+ years

Wife

First marriage

14-17 years 18-19 veals 20-21 bears 22-24 years 25-29 years 30+ years

Remarriage

14-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-49 years 50+ years

Total 1958 1957 1956 1955

Percent distribution

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

15.4 11.9 15.7 15.0 16.8 22.1 26.7 22.5 24.0 18.3 27.7 22.3 24.7 27.4 32.6 23.5 26.0 25.2 21.5 23.0 6.0 5.2 6.5 6.9 5.3 7.9 5,5 5.1 ::;

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

24.6 18.5 23.6 23.1 32.5 14.2 17.0 10.3 14.8 16.2 13.7 14.5 12.5 12.8 16.0 22.3 20.5 28.8 19.6 18.5 25.2 29.5 24.8 29.6 16.7

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

19.0 13.2 19.4 19.2 20.4 26.3 30.1 24.9 24.9 27.7 23.0 20.8 21.5 25.9 22.2 16.9 16.0 18.0 15.9 17.1

I 9.2 11.6 9.5 8.5 8.8 5.6 8.3 6.7 5.5 3.7

100.0 100.0 100.0 -100.0 100.0

34.1 21.4 40.4 34.0 34.0 17.2 13.9 16.7 13.9 24.4 14.5 18.6 10.9 12.4 19.5 17,.4 24.9 17.0 20.9 16.8 21.1 1 14.9 18.7 It;

Source: Table 1. Cases for which marriage order was not stated were excluded from computations.

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Distributions by Age and the 492,000 couples both of whom were remarried,

Marriage Order of Spouse 83 percent of the husbands and 74 percent of the wives were 30 years of age or older when mar-

Of the 2,742,000 couples both of whom were ried. in their first marriages, 17 percent of the hus- Median ages at marriage (the age above and bands and 47 percent of the wives were aged 14-19 below which fail equal numbers of ages at mar-years when married (table 2). However, 9 percent riage of persons in the specified group) of first-of the husbands and only 4 percent of the wives married couples were 20.3 years for wives and were 30 years or older at marriage. 23.1 years for husbands (table B). The distance

As expected, the ages of husbands and wives in years between ages at the first quartile and in couples one or both of whom were remarried at the third quartile is a measure of the range of were older than the ages of first-married couples a distribution of ages at marriage. The age at (table 3). Out of the 205,000 first-married wives first quartile is older than one-fourth and younger whose husbands were remarried, 25 percent were than three-fourths of all ages at marriage in the 30 years or older at marriage, but 49 percent of specified group; the age at the third quartile is the 240,000 previously married wives whose hus- older than three -fourths and younger than one-bands were married for the first time belonged fourth of all such ages. Hence, the ages falling to this age group. Of the first-married husbands between these two quartiles are the middle one-

in these 240,000 couples, 42 percent were 30 half of the age distribution. Wives in the first-years or older; 58 percent of the 205,000 remar- married couples, who had a first quartile age of ried husbands of first-married wives were 30 18.4 years and a third quartile of 22.9 years, had years or older when last married. Finally, among a range of 4.5 years of age during which one-

Table B. Median age with first and third auartiles of husband and of wife for sDecifiedL ~ge of spouse: United St~tes, January 1955 -Jun’e 1958

Specified First Median Third Specified First Third age of quartile quartile age of quartile ‘edian quartilehusband wife

First First ma=e Age of wife ma-e Age of husband

All ages- 18.4 20.3 22.9 All ages 20.7 23.1 26.4

14-19 years- 15.9 17.8 19.2 14-17 years- 17.4 20.4 22.3 20-21 yeara- 18.0 19.4 20.9 18-19 years- 20.2 21.7 23.9 22-24 years- 18.9 20.5 22.4 20-21 years- 21.3 23.2 25.7 25-29 years- 20.3 22.5 25.2 22-24 years- 23.0 24.8 27.9 30+ years 23.0 27.5 30+ 25+ years--’- 26.3 29.0 30+

Remarriage Remarri,age

All ages- 29.2 38.1 40+ All ages-- 32.9 42.7 53.1

14-29 years- 19.3 24.7 30.1 14-29 years- 22.0 30.1 37.0 30-39 years- 25.0 32.7 37.7 30-39 years- 32.7 38.4 46.2 40-54 years- 34.3 40+ 40+ 40+ years--- 45.1 53.5 55+ 55+ years 40+ 40+’ 40+

Source: Tables 2 and 3. Cases for which marriage order was not atated were excluded from computations.

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half of them were married. Their husbands, who had a first quartile age of 20.7 years and a third quartile age of 26.4 years, had a range of 5.7 years-greater by 1.2 years than the range for wives. Among first-married couples, husbands who married at the peak ages, 20-21, chose wives with an interquartile age range of 2.9 years, while wives who married at the peak ages, 18-19, chose husbands with an age range of 3.7 years (table 2). (The peak ages are the two age intervals having the largest number of husbands or wives for each age-year.) The age range for wives whose husbands were aged 22-24 years was 3.5 years, and for those whose husbands were aged 25-29 it was 4.9 years. Husbands with wives aged20-21 had an age range of 4.4 years; those with wives aged 22-24 had a range of 4.9 years. As the age at first marriage of either husband or wife in-creased beyond the peak age, the age rangeof the partner also increased. However, atallagelevels the age range of husbands was greater than that of wives. At equivalent age levels the men married partners who not only were younger (median age) but also had a narrower range of ages than did the women’s partners.

For couples in which both were remarrying, the interquartile age range for all wives was at least 10.8 years (exact computation was not pos­sible because the third quartile falls in the open-end interval 40 years and over), while that for all husbands was 20.2 years. The range in age of wives whose husbands were aged 14-29 was 10.8 years; that of husbands with wives aged 14-29 was 15.0 years. On the other hand, the age range of wives whose husbands were in the older category, 30-39, was 12.7 years, almost as long an interval as the 13.5- year range of husbands with wives aged 30-39.

Distributions by Residence and Color

The proportion of husbands entering first marriages (tables C and 4) was 81.1 for the en-tire group. It was largest in the Northeast (87.2 percent) and smallest in the West (70.8 percent), with intermediate percents in the North Central (83.4) and the South (79.9). The proportions of wives marrying for the first time differed from those of husbands by 1 percentage point or less in

the United States and in all regions except the West, where 68.0 percent of all wives were mar­ried for the first time.

Median age at first marriage of husbands (tables D and 4) was highest in the Northeast (24.3 years), almost the same in the North Central (23.2 years) and West (23.3 years), and lowest in the South (22.6 years). Median age of wives at first marriage showed similar differences among the regions, being highest in the Northeast (21.3 years), equal in the North Central and West (20.4 years), and lowest in the South (19.5 years). Thus the Northeast Region as characterized in these data showed the highest proportion of first mar­riages combined with the highest median ages at first marriage. Highest proportions of remar­riages were found in the West, a region which includes several States with relatively high di­vorce rates, but the lowest median ages at first marriage were found in the South.

The median age of husbands at remarriage was 39.1 years for the Nation, with regional me­dians of 42.0, 41.1, 38.2, and 37.2 in the North-east, North Central, South, and West, respectively. The median age of wives at remarriage was 34.6 years for the United States, with the Northeast again having the highest regional figure, 36.6 years. The West followed with a median of 35.6 years, then the South, with 34.1 years, and finally the North Central, where the median was 33.2 years. It may be that variation in proportions of the remarried whose preceding marriage ended in divorce and those who were widowed accounts for part of the differences in age at remarriage, since of course the widowed had an older age distribution than the divorced.

As expected, most of the median ages at first marriage and at remarriage for white husbands and wives were about equal to corresponding fig­ures for all husbands and wives. The greatest difference was found in the Northeast, where the median age at remarriage of all husbands (42.0 years) was less by 2.8 years than the median for white husbands.

For the United States 77.8 percent of non-white husbands and 77.4 percent of nonwhite wives included in this study were married for the first time (tables C and 6). For husbands this percent (79.6) was higher in the South than in the remain­der of the Nation (75.1); for wives the percent of

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Table C. Percent distribution of marriages, by marriage order of husband”an’dof wife according to color and region of residence at marriage: United States, January 1955- June 1958

Region af residence at marriage Marriage order and color of husband

and of wife Tots-l North- North South West east Central

Husband I Percent distribution

All marriages 100.0 I 100.’0 I 100.0 HP

First marriage 81.1 I ;3.; 83.4 79.9 70.8 Remarriage I 18.9 . 16.6 20.1 29.2

White-------------------------H+

First marriage 81.4 I 87.6 Remarriage I 18.6 12.4

Nonwhite 110(-);0 100.0 >? +++

First marriage 77.8 * 175.1 79.6 7’< Remarriage 22.2 * 124.9 20.4

Wife

All marriages ‘Hk First marriage---------------------- 80.1 87.5 Remarriage 19.9 12.5

First marriage 82.9 Remarriage mt= 17.1

79.7 20”.3

67.9 32.1

Nonwhite 100.0 * 1100.0 100.0 I $<

First marriage 77.4 * 179.4 76.1 * Remarriage 22.6 9< “120.6 23.9 *

lIncludes figures for’Northeastand West Regi,ons.

White------------------------- 100.0 I 100.0 I 100.0

Source: Tables 4, 5, and 6. Cases for which marriage order was not stated wereex­ clud,edfrom computations.

firstmarried was lower intheSouth(76.1) than intheremainderoftheNation(79.4 ).

Medianageatfirstmarriagewas 23.0years

(36.0yearsatremarriage)fornonwhitehusbands and 20.1 years at firstmarriage fornonwhite wives (34.1years at remarriage)in the Nation as awhole.The medianageatfirst marriagefor both nonwhitehusbandsand wives was slightly lower in theSouththanintheremainderofthe Nation,butmedianageatremarriagewas some­

what higher.Among theage groups shown for thefirstmarried (table6) therewas amarked relative excessofwivesaged14-17yearsinthe Southand ofwivesaged20-21yearsintheother regions.

Comparisonswere alsomade (tables 5and6) ofmarriageorder,ageatfirst marriage,andage atremarriageofwhiteandnonwhitehusbands and wivesfortheSouthandforallotherregions. The most marked differences were foundbetweenthe

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Table D. Median age at marriage, by marriage order of husband and of wife, color, and region of residence at marriage: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Region of residence at marriage Marriage order and color of husband

and of wife Total IINorth- North

east 1“Central I South I West HUSBAND

All marriages

First marriage “Remarriage

White

First marriage---------------------- Remarriage

Nonwhite

First marriage---------------------- Remarriage

WIFE

All marriages

First marriage---------------------- Remarriage

White

First marriage Remarriage

Nonwhite

First marriage---------------------- Remarriage

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Median age

23.4 24.3 23.2 22.6 23.3 39.1 42.0 41.1 38.2 37.2

23.4 24.4 23.3 22.5 23.2 39.8 44.8 42.0 38.7 36.9

23.0 * 123.3 22.7 * 36.0 * 135.1 37.0 *

20.4 21.3 20.4 19.5 20.4 34.6 36.6 33.2 34.1 35.6

20.4 21.3 20.5 19.6 20.2 34.6 37.2 33.3 33.9 35.8

20.1 * 121.2 19.3 * 34.1 * 132.0 35.3 *

‘Includesfigures for Northeast and West Regions.

Source: Tables 4, 5, and 6. Cases for which marriage order was not stated were ex­ cluded from computations.

distributions marriageofnonwhite ofage atfirst wives and of whitewivesintheSouth.Whilethe median age of nonwhitewives (19.3years)was only slightly under thatfor whitewives (19.6

years),theproportionsofwivesaged14-17,22-24,

and 25 andoverwerehigherfornonwhitesthanfor whites,buttheproportion aged18-21was higher forwhites.Ineffect,more mar­ ofthewhitewives riedin theshortspanofages,18-21,whilenon­ whitesmarriedovera longerage span.

Age at marriage and marriage orderwere alsoclassified by farm or nonfarmresidenceof thecoupleatthesurveydate(table 7).Thiscorn­ parisonrevealedtwonotabledifferences between median marriage ages of couplesresidingon farms and thosewithnonfarmresidences.Among first-marriedcouples,the surveyshowed that husbandsand wives livingon farms marriedat youngeragesthanthosewithnonfarmresidences. The median ages atfirst marriageoffarm hus-

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bands and wives were only 21.9 and 19.0, respec­

tively, compared with medians of 23.4 and 20.5

for nonfarm husbands and wives (table E). Both husbands and wives living on farms were

older at remarriage than their nonfarm counter-

parts, but the outstanding difference between the distributions for age at last marriage occurred among wives. Whereas over 45 percent of the wives in the farm couples were in their 40’s when they remarried, less than 35 percent of those not living on farms were remarried at 40 years of

age or over. Whether this difference between the

remarriage ages of farm and nonfarm couples is

due to higher proportions of previously widowed among those living on farms or to longer durations of earlier marriages for those previously divorced cannot be determined from these data.

Table E. Median age at marriage, by mar­riage order of husband and of wife and residence at survey date: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Of the 3,296,000 couples in which the hus­

bands were heads of their households, 80.2 per-

cent of the husbands were married for the first time and 19.8 percent were remarried; among wives whose husbands were heads of households, 78.9 percent were first married and 21.1 percent

were remarried. However, of the 395,000couples in which the husbands were not heads of house-

holds, 88.1 percent of the husbands and 90.2 per-cent of the wives were married forthefirst time.

First-married husbands who were headsof households were older in median age atmarriage

(23.5 years) than those who were not heads of households (21.7 years). First-married wives whose husbands were heads of households were

also older at marriage (20.6 years) than those married to persons not heads of households (19.2 years). The differencesbetweenages atfirstmar­riage of persons who were heads of households and those not heads of households were approx­

imately equal for white and nonwhite husbands (table G), but the corresponding difference was

greater for nonwhite than for white wives. The median age at marriage of remarried

husbands who were heads of households was39.4 years; for remarriedhusbandswhowere notheads

of households the median age was 35.6 years.‘E’g’:’’’:e=ii=i=Corresponding median ages for remarriedwives

IHusband Med”ian age

Firat marriage 23.4 23.4 21.9 Remarriage 39.1 38.8 42.6

Wife I II I

First marri.age 20.4 20.5 19.0 Remarriage 34.6 34.5 36.2

Source: Table 7. Cases for which mar­ riage order was not stated were excluded from computations.

Status of Husband as Head of Household

Another characteristic which the Survey de­

termined was thenumber ofrecentlymarriedhus­bands who were heads of theirown householdsand the number of husbands who were not heads of households at the time of the Survey (tables 8,9, F,and G).

whose husbands were heads of households andfor

wives whose husbands were not heads of house-holds were 34.9 and 28.4 years. Among remar­

ried white husbands and remarried white wives, the differences in median ages when the husband was head of the household and when he was not

head of the household weresimilarto correspond­ing differences for all remarried husbands and wives.

In the case of nonwhite remarried husbands

and to a lesser degree wives, these differences in median ages were smaller. The medians were 36.3 years for nonwhite husbands who were heads

of households and 34.5 years for those not heads

of households. Fornonwhitewiveswhose husbands were heads of households, themedian agewas34.3

years, but for wives whose husbands were not heads of households, it was only 29.0 years.

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Table F. Percent distribution of marriages, by marriage order of husband and of wife according to year of marriage and household status of husband at survey date: United States, ~anuaky 1955-June 1958

Year of marriage Household status of husband and marriage order

of husband and of wife Total 1958 1957 1956 1955

All marriages Percent distribution

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Husband-head of household 89.3 82.6 85.9 90.8 93.8 Husband-not head of household 10.7 17.4 14.1 9.2 6.2

Husband-head of household

Marriage order of husband —-100.0 , 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

First marriage------------------------ 80,2 69.6 79.7 80.3 84.4 Remarriage 19.8 30.4 20.3 19.7 15.6

Marriage order of wife------------------ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

First marriage 78.9 69.2 74.2 81.0 84.4 Remarriage 21.1 30.8 25.8 19.0 15.6

Husband-not head of household

Marriage order of husband 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

First marriage-------------------------------- 88.1 90.1 84.3 85.7 97.7 Remarriage 11.9 9.9 15.7 14.3 2.3

Marriage order of wife------------------ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

First marriage-------------------------------- 90.2 90.2 90.0 88.6 93.3 Remarriage 9.8 9,8 10.0 11.4 6.7

Source: Table 8. Cases for which marriage order was not stated were excluded from computations.

OCCUPATION OF HUSBAND AND

LABOR FORCE STATUS OF WIFE

The conducting surveyoffereci ofaninterview a uniqueopportunity tosecuremorecompletedata on thecxcupations ofhusbandsandthelaborforce statusesof wives among theserecently married couplesthanareavailable on most marriagere­ cords,sinceon many marriagecertificates such

dataareeithernotrequestedoraresecuredonly to a limiteddegree.The datafrom thisSurvey, presentedin tables10-16andH-0, are shown in

First,differences severalperspectives. areana- Iyzed in the distributions of major occupation groups of husbandsand of thelaborforceand employment statusesof wives as relatedtothe demographicvariables, marriage order,age at firstmarriage,and age at remarriage.Next,

arepresentedinmajor occupations variations of husbands and laborforcestatusesof wives by

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Table G. Median age at marriage, by marriage order of husband and of wife, color, and household status of husband at survey date: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Household status of husband at survey date

Marriage order and color of husband and of wife Head Not head Total of household of household

HUSBAND

Total Median age

First marriage 23.4 23.5 21.7 Remarriage 39.1 39.4 35.6

White

First marriage 23.4 23.5 21.8 Remarriage 39.8 40.1 36.0

Nonwhite

First marriage 23.0 23.4 21.5 Remarriage 36.0 36.3 34.5

WIFE

Total

First marriage 20.4 20.6 19,2 Remarriage 34.6 34.9 28.4

White

First marriage 20.4 20.5 19.4 Remarriage 34.6 34.9 28.2

Nonwhite

First marriage 20.1 21.0 18.7 Remarriage 34.1 34.3 29.0

Source: Table 9. Cases for which marriage order waa not stated were excluded from computations.

statusof thehusbandasheadofa householdand by marriage order of both husband and wife (tables thedistributions 13,14,L,andM).Finally, of major wcupationsof husbandsarepresented as theyvaryby marriageorder,color, andregion of residenceat marriage of the husband.In essence,then,these tablespresentthe same variablesdiscussedintheprecedingsection, but

cross-tabulated by husbands’occupationsand wives’ labor force and employment statuses.

Age and Marriage Order by

Occupation of Husband

Among couple majoroccupation sclassifiedby group of husband,themedian age atfirst mar­ riageofhusbandswas highest(24.3years)among managers,officials, andproprietors,andwasnext highest(24.1years)forsalesworkersandforpro­ fessional, andkindredworkers.Itwas technical, lowest(22.4years)for thecategories including

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Table H. Median age at marriage, by major occupation group of husband at survey dateand marriage order of husband and of wife: United Sta&es, January 1955-June 1958

I Marriage order

HusbandMajor occupation group of husband I

First Remarriagemarriage

All occupation groups---------------

L

23.4

Professional, technical, and kindredworkers----------------------------------Farmers and farm laborers-----------------Managers, officials, and proprietors,except farm------------------------------Clerical and kindred workers--------------Sales workers-----------------------------Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers---Operatives and kindred workers------------Service workers---------------------------Laborers, except farm and mine------------Husband not in labor force----------------

24.122.4

24.323.524.123.822.523.622.423.2

Wife

IFirst Remarriagemarriage

I

Median age

39.1

36.543.4

42.236.339.238.331.541.938.550+

20.4

21.619.2

20.821.021.320.419.620.819.520.8

34.6

31.036.4

36.528.434.133.632;732.836.640+

Source: Table 10. Cases for which marriage order was not stated were excluded fromcomputations.

farmers,farm laborers,andlaborersotherthanfarm andmine,anditwasnextlowest(22.5years)for operativesandkindredworkers.The medianage at firstmarriageofwiveswasbighest(21.6years)forthosemarryingprofessionalworkers,nextbighest(!21.3years)forthosemarryingsalesworkers,lowest(19.2years)forthosemarrying‘farmers,and nextlowest(19.5years)forthose

marryinglaborers.Oldestagesatremarriageforhusbands,ex-

ceptthosenotinthelaborforce,werefoundwhenthesehusbands were farmers, managers, andserviceworkers.Youngestagesatremarriageoc-curredwhen thehusbandswere operatives,andthenextyoungestwere foundinclericalandpro-sessionaloccupations.Oldestagesatremarriagefor wives were foundwhen thehusbandswerelaborers,managers,andfarmers (exclutighus-bandsnot in thelaborforce);youngestagesoc-curredwhen t$ehusbandswere clericalandpro-sessionalworkersaxloperatives.

Employment Status of Wife

The classificationof wives by employmentstatus(tables10 and J) indicatesthat34.8per-centofallwiveswere employedwhen theSurveywas made and4.Opercentwereunemployed(seek-ingwork butnetworking).A totalof60.2percentwere notinthelaborforcebutwerekeepinghouse,whilel.Opercentwere neitherinthelaborforcenor keepinghouse,themajorityofthesebeinginschool.By major occupationgroups ofthehus-b~ds, thepercentofwiveaemployedvariedfrom44.9forwives whose husbandswere not in thelaborforceand 43.3forwivesofsalesworkersdown to28.0percentforwivesoffarmersand26.7for wives of laborers.Percentsof unemployedwivesvariedfrom5.5and5.4forwivesoffarmersand laborersdown to 2.2percentforwives ofhusbandsnotinthelaborforce.Onlytrivialnum-bersofunemployedwivesifany,duetosamplingvariability,were marriedtomanagers.

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The overallproportionofwivesinthelaborforcewas lowestforhusbandswho were farmers(33.5)andforthosewho were laborers(32.1),de-spitethelikelihoodthatman y incomesarelowinthese occupationalcategories.The percentsofwivesinthelaborforcewere higherthanaveragefor allwhite-collaroccupationalcategoriesofhusbandsexceptmanagers, officials,and pro-prietors,possiblybecausethewivesinthesefam-iliesare bettertrainedin occupationalskills.(Thisisnottakingintoconsiderationwiveswhosehusbandswere notin thelaborforce,47.1per-centof whom were themselvesmembers ofthelaborforce.)

Median age at firstmarriage (tableK) was23.7yearsforhusbandswhose wiveswere inthelaborforceandslightlyless(23.1years)forthose

whose wives were not.Medianageatfirstmar-riageofwivesinthelaborforce(21.1years)was”more thanoneyearolderthanthat.offirst-mar-riedwives who were notinthelaborforce(19.8years).In almostallcasesamong themajor oc-cupationgroups,themedianageofboththehus-bandandofthewifeatfirstmarriagewas youngerifthewifewas notin thelaborforce.Thiswasmost marked when husbandswere farmers orclericalworkers.Among farmers thesediffer-ences resultedchieflyfrom an unusuallylargenumber of young wives not in thelaborforce.Among clericalworkers,on theotherhand,therewas a relativedeficiencyofyoungerwivesamongcouplesin whichthewifewas inthelaborforce.

Althoughfirst-marriedcouplesin’which thewifewas in thelaborforcewere olderatmar-

Table J. Percent distribution of employment status of wife, by major occupation groupof husband at survey date: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Major occupation group ofhusband

All occupation groups-

Professional, technical,and kindred workers-----

Farmersand farm laborers-Managers, officials, andproprietors,except farm-Clerical and kindredworkers-----------------Sales workers------------Craftsmen, foremen, andkindred workers---------Operatives and kindredworkers-----------------Service workers----------Labore;s, except farmand mme----------------

Husband not in laborforce-------------------

Employment status of wife

1 In labor force : Not in labor force...All twives Total Employed Un-

employed

100.0

100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0

100.O

100.0100.0

100.0

100.0

38 8-

41.533.5

34.2

43.248.3

37.4

37.743.7

32.1

47.1

Percent distribution

34,8

38.128.0

34.2

40.643.3

33.0

33.240.0

26.7

44.9

4.0

3.45.5

“2.65.0

4.4

4.43.8

5.4

2.2

61 2-

58.566.5

65.8

56.851.7

62.6

62.356.3

67.9

52.9

60.2

56.865.3

65.8

54.051,0

61.9

61.455.5

67.9

50.6

10-

:::

-,

::;

0.7

0.90.8

2.3

Source: Table 10. Cases for which &mri_age order was not stated were excluded fromcomputations.

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Table K. Median age at marriage, by major occupation group of husband at date of sur-vey, labor force status of wife at survey date, and marriage order of husband and ofwife: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Labor force status of wife and majoroccupation group of husband

Wife in labor force

All occupation groups---------------

Professional, technical, and kindredworkers----------------------------------Farmers and farm laborers-----------------Managers, officials, and proprietors,except farm------------------------------Clerical and kindred workers--------------Sales workers-----------------------------Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers---Operatives and kindred workers------------Service workers---------------------------Laborers, except farm and mine------------Husband not in labor force----------------

Wife not in labor force

All occupation groups---------------

Professional, technical, and kindredworkers-----------------------------------Farmers and farm laborers-----------------Managers, officials, and proprietors,except farm------------------------------Clerical and kindred workers--------------Sales workers-----------------------------Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers---Operatives and kindred workers------------Service workers---------------------------Laborers, except farm and mine------------Husband not in labor force----------------

Marriage order

Husband I Wife

Firstmarriage 1-Remarriage m~~~~ge Remarriage

23.7

24.324.3

25.324.423.923.822.723.5::.:

.

23.1

24.021.2

24.022.824.323.822.423.622.221.5

Median age

38.4

33.239.7

40+36.637.9

3:%

3!:

38.7

34.540+

3:?39.535.630.9

32?40+

21.1

21.820.6

21.121.921.620.719.921.320.120.7

19.8

21.318.4

20.619.820.820.118.920.019.120.9

34.6

28.73n-

31.230.835+35+35+

Source: Table 11. Cases for which marriage order was not stated were excluded fromcomputations.

riagethanthosein which thewifedidnotwork, years).A..lso,remarriedhusbandsofwivesinthe

remarriedwiveswho were inthelaborforkehad laborforcewereyounger(38.4years)thanremar-

a somewhat lower median age (34.2years)than riedhusbandswhose wives were notinthelabor

remarried wives not in the labor force(34.6 force(38.7years).

13766-3000-65-3

Table L. Percent distribution of marriages, by majordate of survey accordingtomarriage order of husbandof wife: United States, January 1955-June 1958

occupation group of husband atand wife and labor force status

Labor force status of wife and majoroccupation group of husband

Wife in labor force

.411occupation groups-----------------

Professional,technical, and kindred workers-Farmers and farm laborers-------------------Managers, officials, and proprietors,except farm--------------------------------Clerical and kindred workers----------------Sales workers-------------------------------Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers-----Operatives and kindred workers--------------Service workers-----------------------------Laborers, except farm and mine--------------Husband not in labor force------------------

Wife not in labor force

All occupation groups------------------

Professional,technical,andkindred workers--Farmers and farm laborers-------------------Managers, officials, and proprietors,except farm---------------------------------

Clerical and kindred workers----------------Sales workers-------------------------------Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers-----Operatives and kindred workers--------------Service workers-----------------------------Laborers, except farm and mine--------------Husband not in labor force------------------

Marriage order of husband and wife

Both Wife Husbandfirst only only Both

married remarried remarried remarried

Percent distribution

100.0

1;.;●

4.19*9

1;::21.94.4

u

100.0

14.17.3

5.9

::;16.524.2

1:::1.6

100.0

1;::

1;:;,

1?::19.310.810.61.6

100.0

10.94.5

5.45.1

2;:?26.24.2

10.60.9

100.0

13.55.2

11.87.06.4

2::;

1;:;1.5

100.0

2.56.8

13,02.5

2;::23.9

1::;5.9

100.O

6.74.4

8.2

H22.824.58.19.86.3

100.0

9.86.7

9.2

::;20.617.97.0

Source: Table 12. Cases for which marriage order was not stated were excluded fromcomputations.

Occupational Distributions of

Husbands by Marriage Order

In tableL theoccupationaldistributionofhusbands is shown for each marriage-ordercombinationof husbandandwife.Operativesandcraftsmenwere thelargestproportionsin twocombinationswiththewifeinthelaborforceandwere thelargestinallfourcombinationswiththewifenotin thelaborforce.Comparisonsofthe

percentsamong thefourmarriage-ordergroupsshow thefollowing:

1. First-marriedcouplesincludedrelativelylargepercentsofhusbandsinprofession-aloccupationswhetherthewifewasinthelaborforceornot.Theyalsoincludedrel-ativelylargeproportionsofsales-workerhusbandswhose wives were inthelaborforce,and incoupleswiththewifenotinthelaborforcetheyincludeda largeper-

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cent of husbands who were farmers orclerical workers.

2. Couples in which only the wife was remar-ried included relatively large propor-tions of husbands who were farmers, cler-ical workers, and service workers whosewives were in the labor force, and largeproportions of sales workers, craftsmen,and operatives whose wives were not inthe labor force.

3. Those couples in which only the husbandwas remarried included relatively largeproportions of husbands who were man-agers and laborers whether the wife wasin the labor force or not. Husbands whowere operatives and whose wives were inthe labor force were also found in largeproportions.

4. Couples in which both partners were re-married included a relatively large per-

centof husbands not in the labor force,whether the wife was in the labor force ornot. They also included a large propor-tion of craftsmen with wives in the laborforce and a large number of service work-ers” with wives not in the labor force.

By .Wdus of husband as head of household.—Compared with husbands who were not headsof households, large proportions of first-marriedhusbands who were heads of their households(tables 13 and M) were professional and clericalworkers. Remarried heads of households, how-ever, were relatively more often managers,craftsmen, and men not in the labor force thaneither first-married heads of households or hus-bands who were not heads of households. First-married husbands who were not heads of theirhouseholds were more frequently farm workersand laborers than were &st-married heads ofhouseholds, while remarried husbands who were

Table M. Percent distribution of raarriages, by major occupation group of husband atsurvey date according to marriage order of husband and household status:States,

UnitedJanuary 1955-June 1958

Major occupation group of husband

All occupation groups ---------------

Professional, technical, and kindredworkers ----------------------------------

Farmers and farm laborers -----------------Managers, officials, and proprietors,

except farm ------------------------------Clerical and kindred workers --------------Sales workers -----------------------------craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers---Operatives and kindred workers ------------Service workers ---------------------------Laborers, except farm and mine------------Husband not in labor force----------------

Household status and marriage orderof husband

Head of household ]Not headof household

First 1“Remarriage m~~~i~gemarriage Remarriage

100.0

15.76.0

5.79.8

1%;23.14.29.82.6

Percent distribution

100.0

8.25.8

10.3

::;19.921.27.310.09.0

1!::2.5

;::16.12;.;

19:62.2

6.05.5

3.33.1

1;::38.6;.;

3:3

Source: Table 13. Cases for which marriage order was not stated were excluded fromcomputations.

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Table N, Percent distribution of mar-riazes.bv labor force status of wife atdat~ of-survey according to rnarri-ageorder of wife and household status of

~~~$~8united States, January 1955-

Household statusof husband and

labor .fyyif~tatus

Husband-head ofhousehold

Total -------

Wife in laborforce ------------

Wife not in laborforce ------------

Husband-not headof household

Total -------

Wife in laborforce ------------

Wife not in laborforce ------------

Marriage orderof wife

First Remarriagemarriage

Percent distribution

100.0 100.0

37.9 43.1

62.1 56.9

-

100.0 100.0

36.2 42.8

63.8 57.2

Source: Table 14. Cases for which msr-ri-age” order was not stated were excludedfrom computations.

not heads of households were found tobe in theoperative and service-worker occupations withrelatively greater frequency. Larger proportionsof remarried than of first-married wives wereinthe labor force, whether or nottheyweremarriedto husbands who were heads of households(tables14and N).

By Yesidence and color.—The occupationaldistributions ofhusbands (at thedateofsurvey) byregion of residence at marriage and by marriageorder are presentedas frequencies (table 15)andpercents (table O) for all husbands aswell as forwhite and nonwhite husbands.

Professional work was the occupation of13.4percent of all husbands and of 14.7 percent ofall first-married men, but only 8.1 percent of the

remarried husbands were professional workers.In the West, both first-married and remarriedhusbands included larger proportions ofprofes-sional workers than any other regionofresidenceat marriage. Relatively few remarried husbandsin the Northeast and North Central were in thismajor occupation group. The South hadthesmall-est percent offirst-married husbands unprofes-sional occupations, and this percent was approx-imately equal to that of remarried professionalhusbands inthe South.

Representation of professional workers a-mong white husbands by marriage order andbyregion showed differences similar to those notedfor all husbands. Among all nonwhite first-mar-ried husbands, 5.8 percent were professionalworkers; the regional percents were 3.3 in theSouth and 10.6 in the remainder of the Nation.,

In contrast toprofessional workers, thepro-portion of allfirst-married husbands(5.4percent)who were nonfarm managers, officials, and pro-prietors was little more than one-half the per-cent of this occupational group among the re-married (9.9). The highest percent (7.6) for thefirst married was reported in the Northeast, andthe lowest percent (3.9) was in the North CentralRegion. Among the remarried the largestpropor-tion(15.5) inthis occupationwas foundinthe West,the smallest proportion (6.0), inthe NorthCentral.Median agesat both first and remarriage ofhus-bands in this occupational category (table K)werea year or more higher than medians for all hus-bands.

Almost one in 10 of all first-married hus-bands butonly3 .5percent of the remarried werein clerical and related occupations. The highestpercent “of first-married (10.4) and the lowestpercent of remarried (2.5) husbandsin these oc-pupations were found in the Northeast. Thesmall-est percentof first-married (6.8) and the largestpercent ofrernarried (4.2) membersof thisgroupwere living in the West at the time of marriage.

Differences between percents in the othermajor occupation groups of first-married andofremarried husbands (table O) were notas greatproportionallyas thedifferencesdiscussed above,with one exception —husbands in service occu-pations. The percent of the remarried in theseoccupations (7.3) was 70 percent greater thanthe corresponding percent (4.3) for the firstmarried.

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Forty percent of all first-married husbandsand 42 percent of remarried husbands were crafts-men, foremen, operatives, and related workers.Compared to the remarried, first-married hus-bands were found relatively most often to beprofessional, technical and related workers, cler-ical and related workers, and sales workers;. con-versely, the remarried were most often man-agers, officials and proprietors, craftsmen, fore- -men, and related workers, and service workers.

By region of residence at marriage, the per-cent of first-married husbands who were salesworkers was highest in the North Centra~ thepercents who were in farming occupations and inoperative and related lines of work were highestin the South, percents who were craftsmen, fore-men, and related workers, and nonfarm laborerswere highest in the West; and the percent whowere service workers was highest in the North-east.

The percents of remarried husbands who weresalesmen and craftsmen, foremen, and relatedworkers were highest in the Wesq the percent infarming occupations was highest in the North Cen-tral, and percents in all three blue-collar cate-gories of operatives, service workers, and la-borers were highest in the Northeast.

Six of the nine occupational groups are dis-tributed proportionally among white first-marriedand white remarried husbands in percents approx-imating those for all husbands. Of the three oc-cupation groups which include the largest over-all percents of nonwhite husbands, operatives arefound in larger proportions among first-marriedthan among remarried nonwhite husbands, but inalmost equal proportions among first-married andremarried white husbands. The farming occupa-tions are represented in greater proportion amongremarried than among first-married white hus-bands, but the opposite is true for first-marriedand remarried nonwhite husbands. Laborers, bycontrast, are found in greater proportions amongremarried than among first-married nonwhitehusbands; hence, the percent of white first-mar-ried husbands who were laborers (9.3) was over60 percent greatet than the 5.7 percent of re-married white husbands who were laborers.

The overall picture for nonwhite husbandsas a group indicates that their occupations dif-fer not only from those of white husbands, but

differ by marriage order. The white-collar oc-cupational categories are represented with rel-atively greatest frequency among nonwhite first-married husbands residing outside the South atmarriage, except that managers, though not verynumerous among nonwhite husbands, are rel-atively most often found among remarried hus-bands outside the South. Nonwhite husbands whoare farmers and farm laborers are concentratedin the South and among the first married, crafts-men are found relatively most frequently amongnonwhite husbands outside the South, particularlyamong remarried husbands, while nonwhite hus -bands who are operatives are found in higher pro-portions among the first married and in the South.Nonwhite husbands who are service workers andlaborers are found in higher proportions amongthe remarried, but in approximately equal pro-portions in the South and in the remainder of theNation.

HIGHLIGHTS

The estimated total of couples married be-tween January 1955 and June 1958 was 3 ,692,000—69 percent of the 5,324,700 marriages whichoccurred in the Nation during the same period,as estimated from marriage records. The latterbut not the former population includes mar-riages beginning and ending during the period andcouples married during the period who were notliving in the same household at the time of theSurvey. Statistics from the two populations maybe similar, but are not expected to be equivalent.

Median age at marriage (23.1 years) of hus-bands in couples in which both partners werefirst married was almost 3 years higher than the20.3-year median for their wives. The interquar-tile age range for these husbands was 5.7 years;for wives, it was 4.5 years. For couples in whichboth were remarried, the median age of hus-bands (42.7 years) at the most recent marriagewas more than 4 years older than the 38.1-yearmedian for their wives.

Just over 80 percent of all husbands andwives were married for the first time. Thispercent was largest for those living in the North-east when married and smallest in the West. Me-dian ages at first marriage were highest in the

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Table O. Percent distribution of marriages, by major occupation group of husband a.tof husband: United States,

Marriage order, regionof residence at

marriage, and colorof husband

All husbands------

First marriage----------

Northeast-------------North Central---------south-----------------West------------------

Remarriage--------------

Northeast-------------“ North Central---------

South-----------------West------------------

white---------------

First marriage----------

Northeast-------------North Central---------South-----------------,West------------------

Remarriage--------------

Northeast-------------North Central---------South-----------------West------------------

Nonwhite------------

First marriage----------

South-----------------All other-------------

Remarriage--------------

South-----------------All other-------------

Major occupation group of husband

Professional, Managers,All technical, Farmers and officialf,

occupationgroups and kindred farm laborers ~:: proprle-

workers excepttarm

100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0100.0100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0100.0

100.0

100.0100.0

Percent distribution

13.4 I 6.5

14.7 6.7I

17.916.1 ;:$8.5 1(/:19.3 .

14.41, 5.8

9.21 6.2

5.4

1::;11.8

1;::5.62.6

4.5 I 13.3

5.8 16.3

3.3 23.310.6 2.4

I 3.3

I 6.0

6.2

5.4

;.;

4:75.4

9.9

:::10.015.5

6.8

5*9

H5.95.3

10.8

:::12.515.8

1.3

0.6

1.;

3.5

7.8

Source: Table 15. Cases for which marriage order was not stated were excluded

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date of survey according to marriage orderJanuary 1955-June 1958

, regioh of residence at marriage, and color

Major occupation group of husband

Clerical Craftsmen, Operatives Laborers, Husbandand Sales foremen, and Service

kindredexcept not in

workers and kindred kindred workers farm and laborworkers workers workers mine force

Percent distribution

8.3 I 5.8 [ 17.4

9.4 I 6.0 I 16.9

10.4 6.3 17.69.8 “14.69.4 ;:: 15.36.8 4.9 22.9

3.5 I 4.9 / 19.8

2.5 15.4;:; 20.1

::: 4.6 20.74.2 5.9 21.3

8.5 I 6.2 I 18.6

9.6 I 6.4 I 18.2

1;.; 18.2::: 15.1

10:9 18.36.4 E:; 24.0

3.5 I 5.6 I 213.3

4.1 14.2::; 5.5 19.64.2 5.8 23.03.6 6.3 21.8

6.4 1.8 6.8

7.3 2.3 3.9

3.514.8 H ::2

3.6 16.5I

11.67.; 22.4

23.1 I 4.9 I 10.6 3.8

I23.3 I 4.3 1 10’.8 2.6

,“

22.723.6 ::? 1:::28.1

R11.6 3.1

13.9 ::: 11.8 2.0

22.4 \ 7.3 I 9.4 I 8.7

28.7 10.5 11.926.2

11.34.3

18.0 J:?)20.0

1;:;H 7.6 4.7

22.8 4.3 8.7 3.8

22.8 3.8 9.3 2.6

22.2 5.5 8.923.7 3.4 9.927.8

u

13.5 ::: J:; H

23.0 I 6.6 I 5.7 I 9.1

28.8 11.628.0

12.53.8 ::;

16.81:.:

6.7 5.121.4 6.1 5.7 5:’0

25.7 9.81 27.4 ] 3.1

28.0 8.9 24.8 2.2

29.2 9.3 24.425.7

2.58.1 25.5 1.6

17.6 12.7 36.5 6.2

23.0 13.9 34.111.2

11.411.3 39.5

from computations.

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Northeast and lowest in the South. Median agesat remarriage for husbands varied from 42.0 inthe Northeast to 37.2 in the West; for wives, from36.6 in the Northeast to 33.2 in the North CentralRegion.

Proportions of first and remarriages forwhite husbands and wives were about equal tocorresponding estimates for all husbands andwives. In the South the proportion of nonwhitehusbands remarried was smaller than in the re-mainder of the Nation, but for wives it was larger.First-married husbands were 3 years older inmedian age than first-married wives. The medianage of remarried husbands was more than 4 yearsgreater than that of remarried wives. Medianages of first-married husbands varied from the24.3 years of those living in the Northeast whenmarried down to 22.6 years for those in the South.Median ages at remarriage varied from 42.0 forthe Northeast to 37.2 for the West. Among wives,median ages for both the first married and theremarried were highest in the Northeasq theywere lowest for the first married in the South andfor the remarried in the North Central Region.Among nonwhite husbands and wives, median agesof the first married were younger and those ofthe remarried were older in the South.

Median ages of the first married were youngerfor farm than for nonfarm residents, but remar-ried farm residents were older at marriage.

The 11 percent of husbands who were notheads of their households included a higher per-cent of first-married persons than did the head-of-household category. Their median age at mar-riage was also lower whether they were first orremarried.

Median age at marriage of first-marriedhusbands was oldest in the manager-official-proprietor occupations and youngest in farmingand in nonfarm laborer groups. First-marriedwives were oldest when married to husbands inprofessional-technical occupations, and youngestwhen married to husbands in the farming oc-cupations.

Comparisons of first-married couples withremarried couples indicated that professional andclerical workers were markedly overrepresentedamong husbands in the former group, while man-agers, craftsmen, service workers, and husbandsnot in the labor force were overrepresented inremarried couples. Husbands in operative and la-borer occupations were overrepresented amongthe remarried couples if the wife was in the la-bor force, but among the first married if the wifewas not in the labor force.

Percents of wives in the labor force wereabove average in couples with husbands not inthe labor force and in each of the white-collaroccupation groups. These percents were smallestamong wives of husbands in farming or nonfarmlaborer groups. In most occupation categories,median ages for both husbands and wives at firstmarriage were either equal to or lower when thewives were not in the labor force than the me-dian ages when they were. Median ages at remar-riage were 0.3 years higher for husbands and 0.4years higher for wives when the wife was not inthe labor force than when the wife was in the la-bor force. /

The West was characterized by high propor-tions of both first-and remarried husbands in pro-fessional-technical and craftsman-foreman occu-pations, as well as by bigher proportions than anyother region of remarried husbands in the fourwhite-collar categories. The Northeast Region ledin percents of first-married husbands in man-ager-official-proprietor and clerical groups aswell as in percents of remarried husbands in threeof the four nonfarm blue-collar groups, and ofthose not in the labor force. The South showed ahigher proportion than any other region of first-married husbands in farming and operative work,The North Central Region led all other regionsin proportions of first-married husbands in saleswork and in the small category “not in the laborforce. ” It also led in the proportion of remar-ried in farming occupations.

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DETAILED TABLES

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Table 1.

2.

3.

Number of marriages, by marriage order and age at marriage of husband and ofwife and year of marriage: United States, January 1955-June 1958-------------

Number of marriages, by age of husband at first marriage and age of wife atfirst marriage: United States,,January 1955-June 1958------------------------

Number of marriages with one or both spouses remarried, by age of husband atlast marriage and age of wife at last marriage: United States, January 1955-June l958--------------------------------------------------------------------- 23

4.

5.

Number of marriages, by marriage order and age at marriage of husband and ofwife and region of residence at marriage: United States, January 1955-Junel958-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24

Number of marriages, by marriage order and age at marriage of white husbandand of white wife and region of residence at marriage: United States, January1955-June l958---------------------------------------------------------------- 25

6. Number of marriages, by marriage order and age at marriage of nonwhite husbandandof nonwhite wife and region of residence at marriage: United States,January1955-June l958---------------------------------------------------------------- 26

277.

8.

Number of marriages, by residence at date of survey and marriage order and ageat marriage of husband and of wife: United States, January 1955-June 1958----

Nufu~r of marriages, by household status of husband at date of survey,marriageof husband and of wife, and year of marriage: United States, January

1955-June l958---------------------------------------------------------------- 28

9. Number of marriages, by household status of husband at date of survey,marriageorder and age at marriage of husband and of wife, and color: United States,January 1955-June l958-------------------------------------------------------- 29

10. Number of marriages, by major occupation group of husband, marriage order andage at marriage of husband and of wife, and employment status of wife at dateof survey: United States, January 1955-June 1958----------------------------- 30

11. Number of marriages, by major occupation group of husband, labor force statusof wife at date of suney, marriage order and age at marriage of husband andof wife: United States, January 1955~June 1958------------------------------- 32

12.

13.

Number of marriages, by major occupation group of husband, labor force statusof wife at date of survey, and marriage order: United States, January 1955-June l958--------------------------------------------------------------------- 34

Number of marriages, by household status and marriage order of husband at dateof survey and major occupation group of husband: United States, January 1955-June l958--------------------------------------------------------------------- 36

37

14. Number of marriages, by household status of husband and labor force status andmarriage order of wife at date1958----

of survey: United States, January 1955-June---------------------------------------------- _-----------------------

15. Number of marriages, by major occupation group of husband at date of survey,marriage order and region of residence of husband at marriage, and color:United States, January 1955-June 1958----------------------------------------- 38

7.56-300 0-65-4

21

Table 1. Number of uiarriages,by marriage order and age at marriage of husband and of wife andyear of marriage: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Marriage order and age at marriage ofhusband and of wife

All marriages----------------------

Husband

First marriage-----------------------

14-19 years------------------------------

20-21 years------------------------------

22-24 years------------------------------

25-29 years------------------------------

30-34 years------------------------------

35+ years--------------------------------

Remarriage---------------------------

14-29 years------------------------------

30-34 years------------------------------

35-39 years------------------------------

40-49 years------------------------------

50-54 years------------------------------

55+ years--------------------------------

Marriage order not stated------------

Wife

First marriage-----------------------

14-17 years------------------------------

18-19 years------------------------------

20-21 years------------------------------

22-24 years------------------------------

25-29 years------------------------------

30+ years--------------------------------

Remarriage---------------------------

14-29 years------------------------------

30-34 years------------------------------

35-39 years------------------------------

40-44 years------------------------------

45-49 years------------------------------

50-54 years------------------------------

55?=years--------------------------------

Marriage order not stated------------

Year of marriage

Total 1958 1957 1956 1955

Number of marriages

3,691,560

1,982,730

459,980

659,570

826,090

700,500

178,660

157,930

697,030

171,760

98,860

95,820

155,130

55,010

120,450

11,800

2,951,270

559,900

777,240

678,940

498,660

272,180

164,350

732,940

250,250

126,110

106,520

80,350

46,930

46,990

75,790

7,350

442,610

323,900

38,590

86,530

72,210

84,130

16,830

25,610

118,710

21,960

20,230

17,200

24,290

1T,270

23,760

322,620

42,510

97,110

67,220

51,760

37,320

26,700

119,990

25,720

16,700

22,370

15>190

14,700

10,150

15,160

1,061,310

848,810

“133,020

191,280

209,630

213,590

55,020

46,270

208,030

49,070

21,410

25,940

60,010

11,180

40,420

4,470

808,750

156,670

201,490

174,260

145,810

76,730

53,790

249,680

100,960

41,660

27,260

32;430

10,140

14,830

22,400

2,880

1,090,760

876,340

131,820

210;470

240,030

188,450

60,440

45,130

208,460

48,100

30,940

26,710

40,910

22,6i0

39,130

5,960

889,070

170,930

221,080

230,690

141,480

75,780

49>110

198,660

67,620

27,610

24,730

22,390

19,160

10,440

26,710

3,030

,,096,880

933,680

156,550

171,290

304,220

214,330

46,370

40,920

161>830

52,630

26,280

25,970

29,92!0

9,890

17,140

1,370

930.830

189,790

257,560

206,770

159,610

82,350

34,750

164,610 .

55,950

40,140

32,160

10,340

2,930

11,570

llj520

1,440

22

Table 2. Number of marriages, by age of husband at first marriage and age of w~?teat first mar-riage: United States, January 1955-June1958

Age of wife at first marriage

Age of husband atfirst marriage

Total 14-17 18-19 20-21 22-24 25-29years years years years years 30+ years

. .

14-1920-2122-2425-29

All ages-14+years-------

years--------years--------years--------vears--------

30+ yeArs----------

Number of marriages

72,741,610 541,490 733,660 637,560 469,970 245,720 113,210

455,010 240,460 163,510 43,360638,120

7,680”1;:,;(?); 237,720 181,110

787,27048,270 14,02i

237,390 232,500626,440

189,10042;600

31,100 3>14088,820 149,280 183,680 136,930 25,130

234,770 7,390 6,220 31,310 41,240 63,670 84,940

Table 3. Number of marriages with one or both spouses remarried, by age of husband at last mar-riage and age of wife at last marriage: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Marriage order of husband and of wife and age ofhusband at last marriage

Husband only remarried

All ages--------------------------------------

14-29 years------------------------------------------30-39 years-----------------------------------------40+ years-------------------------------------------

Wife only remarried

All ages--------------------------------------

14-29 years -----------------------------------------30-39 years -----------------------------------------40+ years-------------------------------------------

Both svouses remarried

All ages--------------------------------------

14-29 years-----------------------------------------30-39 years-----------------------------------------40-54 years-----------------------------------------55+ years-------------------------------------------

Marrisge order not stated

All ages--------------------------------------

Age of wife at last marriage

II I I

Total II 14-29

I

30-39 I40+ yearsyears years

205.140

85,86068,00051,280

239,680

137,86057,28044,540

491,890

85,900126,680177,950101,360

213,240

Number of marriages

154.000

84,17060,7709,060

121,470

100,11018,1503,210

128>780

64,08045,86017,4101,430

4,520

151,140

11,69017,230142,220

1118,210

137,750T39,130141,330

143,910

18,85063,14061,920

1.37(

*

***

*

***

219,200

2,97017,68098,62099,930

lWives “30+ years.”21ncludes7,350 cases in which marriage order of wife was not stated.

23

Table &. Number of marriages,by marriage order and age at marriage of husband and of wife andregion of residenceat marriage:United States,January 1955-June1958

Marriage order and age at marriageof husband and of wife

All marriages----------------------

Husband

First marriage-----------------------

14-19 years------------------------------

20-21 years------------------------------

22-24 years------------------------------

25-29 years------------------------------

30-34 years------------------------------

35+ years--------------------------------

Remarriage---------------------------

14-29 years------------------------------

30-34 years------------------------------

35-39 years ------------------------------

40-49 years------------------------------

50+ years --------------------------------

Marriage order not stated------------

Wife

First marriage-----------------------

14-17 years------------------------------

18-19 years------------------------------

20-21 years------------------------------

22-24 years------------------------------

25-29.years------------------------------

30+ years--------------------------------

Remarriage---------------------------

14-29 years------------------------------

30~34 years------------------------------

35-39 years------------------------------

40-49 years------------------------------

50+ years --------------------------------

Marriage order not stated------------

Region of residenceat marriage

Total Northeast NorthCentral

South West

Number of marriages

3,691,560

2,982,730

459,980

659,570

826,090

700,500

178,660

157,930

697,030

171,760

98,860

95,820

155,130

175,460

11,800

2,951,270

559,900

777,240

678,940

498,660

272,180

164,350

732,940

250,250

126,110

106,520

127,280

122,780

7,350

901,880

782,630

67,680

156,040

212,510

244,690

60,480

41,230

114,750

21,580

10,480

21,300

19,340

42,050

4,500

787.990

80,960

177,690

204,420

163,910

105,360

55,650

112.460

41,840

9,140

15,970

18,490

27,020

1,430

L,020,260

848,230

132,120

192,970

238,550

190,170

58,260

36,160

169,130

35,550

27,58;

16,940

38,120

50,940

2,900

839,540

129,610

244,830

206,010

150,260

62,310

46,520

179.270

72,330

27,090

10,140

37,150

32,560

1,450

1,131,200

899,920

197,950

203,480

247,070

172,210

35,820

43,390

226,880

61,670

31,980

31,340

48,610

53>280

4,400

889,960

246,500

258,270

175,940

101,100

60,500

47,650

236,770

76,390

50,810

49,350

25,090

35,130

4.470

638,220

451,950

62j230

107,080

127,960

93,430

24,100

37,150

186,270

52,960

28,820

26,240

49,060

29,190

433,780

102,830

96,450

92,570

83,390

44,010

14,530

204,440

59,69o

39,070

31,060

46,550

28,070

24

Table 5. Number of marriages,by marriage order and age at marriage of white husband and of whitewife and region of residence at marriage: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Marriage order and age at marriage ofwhite husband and of white wife

All marriages ----------------------

White husband

First marriage-----------------------

14-19 years------------------------------

20-21 years------------------------------

22-24 years------------------------------

25-29 years------------------------------~,

30-34 years------------------------------

35+ years--------------------------------

Remarriage---------------------------

14-29 years------------------------------

30-34 years----------------i -------------

35-39 years------------------------------

40-49 years------------------------------

50+ years--------------------------------

Marriage order not stated------------

White wife

First marriage-----------------------

14-17 years------------------------------

18-19 years------------------------------

20-21 years---------?--------------------

22-24 years------------------------------

25-29 years------------------------------

30+ years--------------------------------

Remarriage---------------------------

14-29 years------------------------------

30-34 years------------------------------

=

Total

3,316,560

2,690,850

405,710

591,600

752,560

636,480

164,250

140,250

613,910

141,550

91,500

76,690

142>210

161,960

11,800

2,662,210

481,650

714,220

629,920

449,220

238,140

149,060

648,440

216,380

115,,990

85,350

114>620

116,100

5,910

Region of residence at marriage

Northeast I NorthCentra1 I South I West

Number of marriages

846,190

737.710

62,660

148,670

196,660

228,010

60,480

41,230

103,980

15,190

8,790

18,610

19,340

42,050

4,500

737.070

72,860

171,020

188,210

153,620

97,400

53,960

107,690

40,080

7,450

14,650

18,490

27,020

1,430

966,530

808.820

120,550

180,760

231,180

188,590

53,000

34,740

154,810

31,100

24,950

14,390

34,810

49,560

2,900

799.730

120,450

230,550

199,880

142,760

60,990

45,100

165,350

65,040

27,090

8,820

33,220

31,180

1,450

901,480

717.080

160,270

160,350

203,880

134,420

27,910

30,250

180,000

45,100

28,940

21,640

43,160

41,160

4,400

716.200

187,470

216,200

155,850

76,520

43,450

36,710

182,259

55,820

44,970

333730

16,360

31,370

3,030

602,360

427,240

62,230

101,820

120,840

85,460

22,860

34,030

175,120

50,160

28,820

22,050

44,900

29:190

409:210

100,870

96,450

85,980

76,320

36,300

13,290

193,150

55,440

36,480 .

28,150

46>550

26>530

25

Table 6. Number of marriages, by marriage order and age at marriage of nonwhite husband and”ofnonwhite wife and region of residence at marriage: United Statea, January 1955-June 195L? .

Marriage order and age at marriage of nonwhitehusband and of nonwhite wife

All

First

14-19

20-21

22-24

25-29

marriages--------------------------------

Nonwhite husband

marriage---------------------------------

years ----------------------------------------

years ----------------------------------------

years----------------------------------------

years----------------------------------------

30+-years------------------------------------------

Remarriage-------------------------------------

14-29 years----------------------------------------

30+ yeara------------------------------------------

Marriage order not stated----------------------

Nonwhite wife

First marriage---------------------------------

14-17 years----------------------------------------

18-19 years----------------------------------------

20-21 years----------------------------------------

22-24 years----------------------------------------

25-I-years------------------------------------------

Remarriage----------------’---------------------

14-29 years----------------------------------------

30+ years------------------------------------------

Marriage order not stated----------------------

Region of residence at marriage

Total South Allother regions

Number of marriages

375,000

291,880

54,270

67,970

73,530

64,020

32,090

83,120

30,210

52,910

289,060

78,250

63,020

49,020

49,440

49,330

84.500

33,870

50,630

1,440

229,720

182,840

37,680

43,130

43,190

37,790

21,050

46,880

16,570

30,310

173,760

59,030

42,070

20,090

24,580

27,990

54.520

20,570

33,950

1,440.

145;280

109,040

16,590

24,840

30,340 ~

26>230

11,040

36.240

13,640

22,600

115,300

19,220

20,950

28,930

24,860

21,340

29.980

13,300

16,680

26

Table 7. Number of marriages, by residence at date of survey and marriage order and age at mar-riage of husband and “ofwife: United States; January 1955-June 1958

Marriage order and age at marriage of husbandand of wife

All marriages --------------------------------

Husband

First marriage---------------------------------

14-19 years----------------------------------------

20-21 years----------------------------------------

22-24 years----------------------------------------

25-29 years-----------------------------------------,

30+ years------------------------------------------. .

Remarriage-------------------------------------

14-39 years----------------------------------------

40+ years------------------------------------------

Marriage order not stated----------------------

Wife

First marriage---------------------------------

14-17 years----------------------------------------

18-19 years----------------------------------------

20-21 yeara----------------------------------------

22-24 years----------------------------------------

25+ years------------------------------------------

Remarriage -------------------------------------

14-39 years----------------------------------------

40+ years------------------------------------------

Marriage order not stated----------------------

Residence

-=Q ‘onf=m ! ‘arm

Number of marriages

3,691,560

2,982,730

459,980

659,570

826,090

700,500

336,590

697,030

366,440

330,590

11,800

2.951.270

559,900

777,240

678,940

498,660

436,530

732,940

482,880

250,060

7.350

3,392,420

2,735,280

390,590

602>470

771,820

661,490

308,910

645.340

343,590

301,750

11,800

2.710.110

476,240

702,590

643,730

474,140

413,410

674,960

451,640

223,320

7.350

299,140

247.450

69,390

57,100

54,270

39,010

27,680

51.690

22,850

28,840

241,160

83,660

74,650

35,210

24,520

23,120

57,980

31,240

26,740

27

Table 8. Number of marriages, by household status of husband at date of survey, marriage orderof husband and of wife, and year of marriage: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Household status of husband and marriageorder of husband and of wife

All marriages

Total------------------------------

Husband-head of household----------------

Husband-not head of household------------

Husband-head of household

First marriage of husband----------------

Remarriage of husband--------------------

Marriage order not stated----------------

First marriage of wife-------------------

Remarriage of wife-----------------------

Marriage order not stated----------------

Husband-not head of household

First marriage of husband----------------

Remarriage of husband--------------------

Marriage order not stated----------------

First marriage of wife-------------------

Remarriage of wife-----------------------

Marriage order not stated----------------

Year of marriage

Total 1958 1957 1956 1955

Number of msrriages

3,691,560

3,296,490

395,070

2,634,710

649,980

11,800

2,594,760

694,380

7,350

348,020

47,050

356,510

38,560

442,610

365,580

77,030

254,480

111,100

253,140

112,440

69,420

7,610

69,480

7,550

1,061,310

912,010

149,300

722,960

184,580

4,470

674,410

234,720

2,880

125,850

23,450

134,340

14,960

1,090,760

989,960

100,800

789,970

194,030

5,960

799,780

187,150

3,030

86,370

14,430

89,290

11,510

1.096,880

1,028,940

67,940

867,300

160,270

L,370

867,430

160,070

1,440

66,380

1,560

63,400

4,540

28

Table 9. Number of marriages, by household status of husband at date of survey, marriage order and age at marriage ofhusband and of wife, and coIOr: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Marriage order andage at marriage ofhusband and of wife

All marriages-

Huaband

Firat marriage--

14-19 years---------

20-21 yeara---------

22-24 years---------

25-29 years---------

30+ years-----------

Remarriage------

14-39 years---------

40+ years-----------

Marriage ordernot stated-----

Wife

First marriage--

14-17 years---------

18-19 yeara---------

20-21 years---------

22-24 years---------

25-29 years---------

30+ yeara-----------

Remarriage------

14-39 years---------

40+ years-----------

Marriage ordernot stated-----

Household status of husband at date of survey

Total Head of household Not head of household

Total White Nonwhite Total White Nonwhite Total white Nonwhite

Number of marriagea

3,691,560

2,982,730

459,980

659,570

826,090

700,500

336,590

697,030

366,440

330,590

11,800

Z,951,270

559,900

777,240

678,940

~ 498,660

272,180

164,350

732,940

482,880

250,060

7,350

3,316,560

2,690,850

405,710

591,600

752,560

636,480

304,500

613,910

309,740

304,170

11,800

2,662,210

481,650

714,220

629,920

449,220

238,140

149,060

648,440

417,720

230,720

5,910

375,000

291,880

54,270

67,970

73,530

64,020

32,090

83,120

56,700

26,420

289,060

78,250

63,020

49,020

49,440

34,040

15,290

84,500

65,160

19,340

1,440

3,296,490

2,634,710

352,220

581,940

760,350

626,860

313,340

649,980

335,360

314,620

11,800

2,594,760

444,340

677,590

615,260

463,920

251,080

142,570

694,380

455,780

238,600

7,350

3,005,110

2,414,690

321,150

531,260

700,670

580,360

281,250

578>620

287>530

291,090

11,800

2,380,340

395,890

635>760

580,190

419,250

220,460

128,790

618.860

395,370

223,490

5,910

291,380

220,020

31,070

50,680

59,680

46,500

32,090

71,360

47,830

23,530

I

214,420

48,450

41,830

35,070

44,670

30>620

13,780

75,520

60,410

15;110

1,440

395,07C

348,020

107,760

77>630

65,740

73,640

23,250

47,050

31,080

15,970

356,510

115,560

99,650

63,680

34,740

21,100

21,780

38,560

27,100

11,460

311,450j 83,620

-1-276,160 71,860

84,560 23,200

60,3401 17,290

51,890/ 13,850

56,1201 17,520

23,2501-

+22,210 8,870

13,080 2,890

1281,870 74,640

85,760 29,800

78,460 21,190

49,730 13,950

29,970 4>770

17,680 3,420

20,270 1,510

29,580 I 8>980

22,350 4,750

7,230 4,230

I

2?

Table 10. Number of marriages, by major occupation group of husband, marriage ‘rder and age atJanuary 1955-

Marriage order, age at marriage,and employment status of wife

All marriages ----------------

Marriage order and age-husband

First marriage -----------------

14-19 years------------------------20-21 years------------------------22-24 years------------------------25-29 years------------------------30+ years--------------------------

Remarriage---------------------

14-39 years------------------------40+ years--------------------------

Marriage order not stated------

Marriage order and age-wife

First marriage -----------------

14-17 years------------------------18-19 years------------------------20-21 years------------------------22-24 years------------------------25-29 years------------------------30+ years--------------------------

Remarriage---------------------

14-39 years------------------------40+ years--------------------------

Marriage order not stated------

Employment status of wife

Wife in labor force------------

Employed---------------------------Unemployed-------------------------

Wife not in labor force--------

Keeping house----------------------Other------------------------------

Major occupation group of husband

Alloccupationgroups

Professional,technical, Farmers and

and kindred farm laborersworkers

Managers,officials,

and proprie-tors, except

farm

3.691.560

2,982,730

459,980659,570826,090700,500336,590

697,030

366,440330,590

11,800

2,951,270

164;350

732>940

482,880250,060

7,350

1,431,470

1,285,650145,820

2,260,090

2,221,87038,220

Number of marriages

495,240 239,150

436,240 197,260

16,640 53,260100,520 39,930142,840 40,420127,080 36,96049,160 26,690

I

55,950I 40,520

36,240 16,80019,710 233720

433,540 193>840

35,190 70,29085,220 45,040122,260 26,08099,240 25,33070,640 17,47020,990 9,630

=-l=205,350 I 80,200

281,230 156,2308,660 2,720

228.160

158,170

19,81027,35042,12048,80020,090

68,560

28,82039,740

1,430

168,960

57.770

38,98018,790

1,430

78,130

78,130

150.030

150,030

“i

30

marriage of husband and of wife, and employment status of wife at date of survey:United States,June 1958

Major occupationgroup of husband

Clerical Craftsmen, Operatives Laborers, Husbandand Sales foremen, and Service except not in

kindred workers and kindred kindred workers farm and laborworkers workers workers mine force

k+

34,29054,68098,39067,55022,220

+=15,6208,710

177,210

21,60036,27043,87052,14023,330

33,720

17,68016,040

b32,79066,82064,53058,21027,79013,660

24>80031,55045,43037,83019,86011,470

37,660I 39,990I

30,110 29,7607,550 10,230

130,270 101,780

122,4707,800

91,28010,500

171,190/ 109,150I

I 162,850 107,6008,340 1,550

Number of marriages

643,430. 852,940 187,370 393,790

503,800 695’,800 133,910

62,160 154,560 14,500,104,960 164,520 31,890143,410 176,600 39,520125,680 130,200 32,99067,590 69,920 15,010

138,180 155,680 52,010

75,230 110,130 22,57062,950 45,550 29,440

1,450 1,460 1,450

326,010

‘67,780

37,28030,500

484,230 692,680 131,180 327,850

I I79,960 165,760 22,310 96,610140,030 228,120 32,500115,430

87,010134,270 27,500 60,200

87,080 85,850 20,090 42,02033,920 53>490 15,07027,810

19,82025,190 13,710 22,190

159,200 158,800 53,300 65,940

119,950 112,970 37,320 41,23039,250 45,830 15,980 24,710

1,460 2,890

240,500 321,480 81,940 126,270

212,080 283,580 74,870 105,18028,420 37,900 7,070 21,090

402,9301 531,4601 105,4301 267,520I I I

398,500 523,570 103,930 267,5204,430 7,890 1,500

139,090

77,200

60,300

6,07054>230

1.590

84,250

7,70019,41038,2501;,:;:

5:300

54,840

1,51053,330

65.550

62,4803,070

73,540

70,4103,130

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Table 11. Number of marriages, by major occupation group of husband, labor force status of wife

Labor force status ofwife, marriageorder, and age at marriage of

husband and of wife

WIFE IN LABOR FORCE

All marriages----------------

Husband

First marriage-----------------

14-21 years------------------------22-24 years------------------------25+ yeara--------------------------

Remarriage---------------------

14-39 years------------------------40+ years--------------------------

Marriage order not stated------

First marriage-----------------

14-19 years------------------------20-24 years------------------------25+ years--------------------------

Remarriage---------------------

14-34 years------------------------35+ years--------------------------

Marriage order not stated------

WIFR NOT IN LABOR FORCE

All marriages----------------

Husband

First marriage-----------------

14-21 years------------------------22-24 years------------------------25+ years--------------------------

Remarriage---------------------

14-39 years------------------------40+ years--------------------------

Marriage order not stated------

Wife

First marriage-----------------

14-19 years------------------------20-24 years------------------------25+ years--------------------------

Remarriage---------------------

14-34 years------------------------35+ years--------------------------

Marriage order not stated------

January 1955-

Major occupation group of husband

II 1 I

Professional, Managers,All

technical, Farmers and officials,occupation

and kindred farm laborers and proprie-groups

workers tors, exceptfarm

Number of marriages I

--JJQu 178,860

379,330 49,590307,690 52,400432,080 76,870

4.47011

%%!

*I-K

80,200 78,130

65,820 48,410

20,820 13,75015,830 . 9,57029,170 25,090

60,920 51,700

26,700 15,43026,040 25,6908,180 10,580

19,280 25,000

11,980 12,1107,300 12,890

1,430

L26,140 40,270

9,540 16,82016,600 23,450

1,370

132,920 117,260

88,630 50,60025,370 50,41018,920 16,250

--m%I

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at date of survey,marriage orderJune 1958

and age at marriage of husband and of wife: United States,

Major occupationgroup of husband

Clerical Craftsmen, Operatives Laborers,and Sales

Husbandforemen,

kindredand Service except not in

workers and kindred kindred workers farm andworkers

laborworkers workers mine force

130,270 101,780 240,500

116,550 83,100 184,320

23,360 27,240 63,86043,290 22,580 47,72049,900 33,280 72,740

13,720 18,680 54,730

7,880 10,050 25,2605,840 8>630 29,470

1,450

107,660 85,200 173,590

19>490 21,390 68,19068,670 48,900 79,38019,500 14>910 26,020

22,610 16,580 66,910

18,200 7,850 34,8704,410 8,730 32,040

Number of marriages

171,190 109,150 402,930

160,580 94,110 319,480

65,610 30,630 103,26055,100 21,290 95,69039,870 42,190 120,530

10,610 15,040 83,450

7,740 7,6302,870

49,9707,410 33,480

156,140 85,740 310,640

80,120 34,960 151,80054,070 34,360 123,13021,950 16,420 35,710

15,050 23>410 92,290

8,980 14,460 55,7406,070 8,950 36,550

321,480

242,460

106,42061,42074,620

79,020

51,94027,080

249,200

125,56084,84038,800

72,280

38,73033>550

531,460

453,340

212,660115,180125,500

76,660

58,19018,470

1.460

443,480

268,320135,28039>880

86.520

53,76032,760

1.460

81,940

56,420

19,70016,74019,980

25,520

10,86014,660

52,400

15,58028,0108>810

28,100

17,96010,140

1,440

105,430

77,490

26,69022,78028,020

26.490

11,71014>780

1,450

78.780

39,23019,58019,970

25,200

11,89013,3101

126,270I 65,550I

31,910\ 15.160

16,160 3,11015,750 12,050

1.590

94,670 50,200

=“231,650, 28,400

112,980 15,04056,300 4,48062,370 8,880

35,870 45,140

21,120 2,96014,750 42,180

233,180 34,050

136,840 10;27069,340 18,11027,000 5,670

34,340 39,490

14,89019,450 39,490

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Table 12. Number of marriages, by major occupation group of husband, labor force statu

Labor force status of wife andmarriage order of husband and

of wife

WIFE IN LABOR FORCE

Marriage order of husbandand of wife

All marriages ----------------

Husband and wife both firstmarried ---------------------------

Husband only remarried-------------

Wife only remarried----------------

Husband and wife both remarried----

Marriage order not stated----------

WIFE NOT IN LABOR FORCE

NJ,>riage order of husbandand of wife

All marriages ----------------

Husband and wife both firstmarried---------------------------

Husband only remarried-------------

Wife only remarried----------------

Husband and wife both remarried----

Marriage order not stated----------

Major occupation group of husband

Alloccupationgroups

Professional, Managers,

technical, Farmers and officials,

and kindred farm laborers and proprie-

workers tors, exceptfarm

1,431,470

1,022,690

87,340

94,970

220,560

5,910

2,260,090

1,718,920

117,800

144,710

271,330

7,330

Number of marriages

205,350

175,740

11,790

3,120

14,700

289,890

241,610

2,920

15,770

26,540

3,050

80,200

56,350

4,570

9,470

9,810

158,950

124,870

8,050

6,570

18,090

1,370

78,130

41,430

10,270

6,980

18,020

1,430

150,030

102,000

15,260

7,760

25,010

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of wife at date of survey, and marriage order: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Major occupation group of husband

Clerical Craftsmen, Operatives Laborers,and Sales foremen,

Husband

kindredand Service except not in

workers and kindred kindred workers farm add laborworkers workers workers mine force

130,270

101,550

6,110

15,000

7,610

171.190

153,150

2,990

7,430

7,620

101,780

79,630

5,570

3,470

13,110

109,150

84,090

1,650

10,020

13,390

Number of marriages

240,500

167,610

4,530

16,710

50,200

1,450

402,930

283,120

27,520

36,360

55,930

321.480

224,130

25,070

18,330

53,950

531,460

415,360

28>120

37,980

48,540

1,,460

81.940

44,690,

7,710

10,290

17,810

1,440

105,430

71,340

7,440

6>150

19,050

1,450

126.270

84,270

10,400

10,090

21,510

267,520

216,270

16,910

15,380

18,960

65.550

47,290

1,320

1,510

13,840

1,590

73,540

27,110

6,940

1,290

38,200

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Table 13. Number of marriages, by household status and marriage order of husband at datevey and major occupation group of husband: United States, January 1955-June 1958

Major occupation group ofhusband

All occupation groups--

Professional, technical, andkindred workers-------------

Farmers and farm laborers----Managers, officials, andproprietors, except farm----

Clerical and kindred workers-Sales workers----------------Craftmen, foremen, andkindred workers-------------

O~peg~es and kindred---------------------

Serviceworkers--------------Laborersj except farm andmme------------------------Not in labor force-----------

of sur-

Household status and marriage order of husband

Husband-head.of household Husband-not head of household

Total First ‘ Re-Total

First Re-marriage marriage marriage marriage

Number of marriages

3,283,250

466,570194,790

216,380281,530190,660

577,350

745,910159,110

322,810128,140

2,633,270

4L3,430156,850

149,380258,660159,880

447,870

608,380111,630

257,81069,380

649.980

53,14037,940

67,00022,87030,780

129,480

137,53047,480

65>00058,760

395.070

25,62042,990

10,35019,93020,270

64,630

105,57025,370

70,9809,360

348,020

22,81040,410

8,79018,47017,330

55.,930

87,42020>840

68,20073820

47,050

2,8102,580

1,5601,4602,940

8,700

18,1504>530

2,7801,540

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Table 14. Number of marriages, by household status of husband and labor force status and marriageorder of wife at date of survey: Unit&d States, January 1955-June 1958

Household status of husband

Labor force status and marriage orderl of wife Husband- Husband-head of not head of

household household

I Number of marriages

All marriages ------------------------------------------------- 3>283,250 I ,395,070

Wife in labor force---------------------------------------------

First marriage ------------------------------------------------------Remarriage ----------------------------------------------------------

MWife not in labor force----------------------------------------- 2,003,310 249,450

First marriage ------------------------------------------------------ 1,609,310Remarriage----------------------------------------------------------

227,410394,000 22,040

lF,xcludescases for which marriage order not stated.

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Table 15. Number of marriages,by major occupationgroup of husband at date of survey,marriage

Marriage order, region of residenceat marriage, and color

All

First

All husbands

marriages----------------

marriage-----------------

Northeast--------------------------

North Central----------------------

South------------------------------

West-------------------------------

Remarriage---------------------

Northeast--------------------------

North Central----------------------

South------------------------------

West-------------------------------

White

All marriages----------------

First marriage-----------------

Northeast--------------------------

North Central----------------------

South------------------------------

West-------------------------------

Remarriage---------------------

Northeast--------------------------

North central----------------------

South------------------------------

West-------------------------------

Nonwhite

All marriages----------------

First marriage-----------------

South------------------------------

All other regions------------------

Remarriage---------------------

South------------------------------

All other regions------------------

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Major occupation group of husband

Professional, Managers,All technical, Farmers and officiala,

occupationand kindred farm laborers and proprie-

groups workera tors, exceptfarm

Number of karriages

3,614,530<

2,924,770

769,240

798,030

917,800

439,700

689,760

113,130

175,100

225,360

176,170

3,247,800

2,641,160

729>290

762,740

729,700

419,430

606,640

102,360

159,280

179,980

165,020

366.730

283,610

188,100

95,510

83,120

45,380

37,740

484,710

428,760

1373780

128,380

773780

84,820

55,950

,5,560

11,380

19,610

19,400

468,390

412,440—

129,630

128,380

71,580

82,850

55,950

5,560

11,380

19,610

19,400

16.320

16,320

6,200

10,120

236,290

195,770

10,900

53,750

93,970

37,150

40,520

4,270

19,200

12,730

4,320

187,360

149,580

10,900

, 53,750

50,Loo

34>830

37,780

4,270

19,200

‘ 9,990

4,320

48.930

46,190

43,870

2,320

2,7’40

2,740

225,240

156,680

58,690

31,230

42,870

23,890

68,560

8,270

10,580

22,450

27,260

220,520

154,890

58,690

31,230

42,870

22,100

65,630

8,270

8,880

22,450

26,030

4,720

1,790

1,790

2,930

2,930

order and regionofresidenceof husbandatmsrriage,and color: United States,January 1955-June1958

\

Major occupationgroup of husband

Clerical Craftsmen, Operatives Laborers, Husbandand Sales foremen, and Service except

kindrednot in

workers. and kindred kindred workers farm and laborworkers workers workers mine force

Number of marriages

298,480

274,150

80,350

78,020

85,940

29,840

24,330

2,780

6,550

7,570

7,430

274,830

253,460

74,010

73,390

79,420

26,640

21,370

2,780

5,050

7,570

5,970

23>650

20,690

6,520

14,170

2,960

2,960

209,400

175,680

48;230

54,510

51,260

21,680

33,720

4,230

8,730

10,410

10,350

202,890

169,170

46,700

51,630

49,i60

21,680

33,720

4,230

8,730

10.,410

10,350

6,510

6,510

2,100

4,410

629,760

493,080

135,430

116,910

139,980

100,760

136,680

17,410

35,190

46,580

37,500

604,940

481,960

132,590

115,130

133,480

100,760

122,980

14,520

31,210

41,320

35,930

24,820

11,120

6,500

4,620

13,700

5,260

8,440

835,680

681,490

174,190

188,370

257,620

61,310

154,190

32,450

45,810

40,670

35,260

741,560

602,040

161,820

181,060

202,680

56,480

139,520

29,440

44>580

30,240

35,260

94,120

79,450

54,940

24,510

14,670

10,430

4,240

176,960

126.380

41,570

32,430

33,130

19,250

50.580

11,860

7,500

18,300

12,920

141,180

101,190

40,160

26,150

15,630

19,250

39,990

11,860

6,120

11,970

10,040

35,780

25,190

17,500

7,690

10,590

6,330

4,260

381,960

317,030

70,410

88,140

106,490

51,990

64,930

13,510

13,460

24,560

13,400

281,350

246,790

64,590

75,730

60,640

45,830

34,560

8,640

7,430

9,100

9,390

100,610

70,240

45,850

24,390

30,370

15,460

14,910

.136,050

75,750

11,690

26,290

28,760

9,010

60,300

12,790

16,700

22,480

8,330

124,780

69,640

10,200

26,290

24,140

9,010

55,140

12>790

16,700

17,320

8,330

11,270

6.110

4,620

1,490.

5,160

5,160

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APPENDIX I

TECHNICAL NOTES ON METHODS

Age at Marriage

Age at marriage was computed from age at lastbirthday reported at the time of the Survey in June1958, as follows:

Married in 1958—Use age at time of Survey.Married in 1957 —Subtract 1 from age at time of

Survey.Married in 1956—Subtract 2 from age at time of

Survey.Married in 1955—Subtract 3 from age at time of

Survey.For 1955, 1956, and 1957 the numbers subtracted are

the durations from July 1 of the given year to July 1,1958, of marriages performed in the given year. Theassumption is made that both birthdays and dates ofmarriage are distributed equally between the firstand second halves of each year and that the distributionof one is independent of the ozher.

Medians of Computed Ages at Marriage

Medians were computed by the usual methods forgrouped data. Whenever the median fell in an open-end age interval its exact value was indeterminate fromthe tabulations made; hence, such medians are shown aslocated in the interval, e.g., 40 or more years. Medianswere computed using more detailed age groups thanthose shown in the general tables.

Sample Design and Estimation Procedure

The sample design of the Current Population Surveyinstituted in May 1956 was spread over 330 areas com-prising 638 counties and independent cities, withcoverage in the District of Columbia and the 48 Statesas of 1958. Approximately 35,000 households wereinterviewed each month. On the average, another 1,500occupied units were visited but interviews were notobtained because the occupants were not found at home

after repeated calls or were unavailable for someother reason. There were also about 5,500 sampleunits in an average month which were visited but werefound to be vacant or otherwise not to be enumerated.

The estimating procedure used in this Surveyinvolved the inflation of weighted sample results toindependent estimates of the civilian, noninstitutionalpopulation of the United States by age, color, and sex.These independent estimates were based on statistics ,’from the 1950 Census of Population; statistics ofbirths, deaths, immigration, and emigratiosy and sta-tistics on the strength of the Afmed Forces. Tothese totals were added the population in the ArmedForces living off post or with their families on post.

Reliability of the Estimates

Since all figures except the independent estimatesand complete census data are based on sample data,they are subject to sampling variability. As calculatedfor this report, the standard error, which is a measureof sampling variability, also partially measures theeffect of response and enumeration errors but does notreflect any systematic biases in the data. The chancesare about 68 out of 100 that an estimate from the samplewould differ from a complete census by less than thestandard error. The chances are about 95 out of 100that the difference due to sampling would be less thantwice the standard error, and about 99 out of 100 thatit would be less than 2% times the standard error.

The estimates of standard errors shown in thefollowing tables are” approximations for the 330-areasample. In order to derive standard errors which wouldbe applicable to a wide variety of population character-

istics and which could be prepared at moderate cost, anumber of approximations were required. As a result,the tables of standard errors should be interpreted asproviding an indication of the order of magnitude of thestandard errors rather than as providing a precisestandard error for any specific item.

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...41Table I contains the standard error of estimates of

the numbers of households, families, or persons in agiven class.

Table 1. Standard error of estimated numbers

I

Size of estimate Standarderror

25,000------------------------------ 7,00050,000------------------------------ 11,000100,000----------------------------- 15,000250,000----------------------------- 24,000500,000----------------------------- 34,0001,000,000--------------------------- 48,0002,500,000--------------------------- 73,0005,000,000--------------------------- 100,00010,000,000-------------------------- 140,00025,000,000-------------------------- 200,00050,000,000-------------------------- 230,000

f The reliability of an estimated percentage, com-puted by using sampling data for both numerator anddenominator, depends upon both the size of the per-centage and the size of thetotalonwhich the percentageis based. Estimated percentages are relatively morereliable than the corresponding absolute estimates ofthe numerator of the percentage, particularly if thepercentage is 50 percent or greater. Table II showsthe standard errors of estimated percentages fordifferent sizesof the base of the percentage.

Illustyation.— Table 10 shows that there were anestimated 105,000 first-married husbands aged 20-21years at marriage who were craftsmen-foremen byoccupation. Table I shows that the standard error ofthis estimate is approximately 15,000. Consequently,the chances are about 68 out of 100 that the figureobtained from a complete census would have differedby less than 15,000 from the sample estimate. Thechances are 95 out of 100 that a census would havedisclosed a figure differing tiom theestimate by lessthan 30,000, and about 99 in 100 that the differencewould be less than 37,500.

These 105,000 husbands represented about 2lper-cent of the estimated 504,000 husbands who werecraftsmen-foremen. Linear interpolation in table IIshows that the standard error of the 21 percentisroughly 2.2 percentage points. Accordingly, thechancesare about 68 out of 100 that a complete census wouldreveal that the percentage lies between 18.8 and 23.2percent.

Caution should beexercised in considering trendsor comparisons of these data from oneyearto thenex~comparisons over longer periods willgenerallyprovidemore reliable evidence of change because theamountofthe change will usuallybe larger and,ifso, the relativeerror in the measurement ofthechange willbe smaller.Estimates ofamual changearesensitive tosmaIlerrorsin the estimates of the total number of units in a cate-gory. The joint effect of sampling variability and anybiases in response or coverage on the total number ofpersons in a given category for each year may,therefore, be large inrelation to the amount of annualchange.

Table 11. Standard error of estimated percentage

Base of percentageEstimated percentage

500,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000

2 or 98----------------------------------- 0.85 or 95----------------------------------- 1.2 H

0.1~:; H

10 or 90----------------------------------0.1

1.225 or 75---------------------------------- ‘;:;

0.41.7 0:8

50---------------------------------------- 2.80.5

1.9;:;

0.9 0.6 0.3

000

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APPENDIX II

DEFINITIONS OF

The following is a list of terms

CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT

used in thisreport. Definitions are taken from the U.S. Bureauof the Census Cuvent Population RepoYts, SeriesP-20, Number 88.

Recently mavried couple.-A husband and wifemarried on or after January 1, 1955, both 14 yearsof age or older, and living together in the samehousehold in June 1958 are considered a recentlymarried couple. Husbands and wives reported asliving together but with one spouse temporarily ab-sent on vacation, on a visit, in a hospital, etc., wereincluded, as were couples married under commonlaw. Couples in which the husband was a memberof the Armed Forces were included only if the hus-band was at the time of the survey living with hisfamily either on or off a military post.

YeaY of rnan+age. —Year of marriage is definedas the year of the last (most recent) marriage ofany person married more than once, or the yearof the only marriage for those in their first mar-riages. All questions about the marriage were askedonly for this marriage. Any remarried persons forwhom the interviewer determined that the only pre-vious marriage had been annulled were tallied asfirst married.

Place of residence at maviage. —Residence atmarriage is defined in the Survey as the usual livingplace (county and State) one month prior to mar-riage. In the case of any person not having a usualplace of residence the location of his living placeimmediately before marriage was recorded.

Household.— A household incIudes all reIated orunrelated persons who occupy a single house, apart-ment or other group of rooms, or a room that con-stitutes a dwelling unit.

Head of household.-One person in each house-hold is designated as the head of household; thisis usually the person regarded as the “head” byother members of the group. Married women werenot classified as heads of households if their hus -bands were living with them at the time of the survey.

Family.—A family is defined as a group of twoor more persons related by blood, marriage, oradoption and living together.

Color.—The term “color” refers to the divisionof the population into two groups, white and non-white. The nonwhite group includes Negroes, Indi-ans, Japanese, Chinese, and other nonwhite races.

Favm and nonfavm Yesidence.-In accordance withthe 1950 Census definition, households are classifiedas living on a farm if the respondent so reports.Except~ons are (a) households paying cash rentfor OTZ{Ya house and ““yard on a farm, (b) personsliving in institutions even though agricultural workis done there, and (c) residents of summer camps,motels, and tourist cabins. All of these are con-sidered nonfarm. In addition, all households otherthan those listed as farm are classified as non-farm. 2

Employ ed.—Employed persons are defined asthose who during the survey week were either (a) atwork—did any work for pay or profit, or workedwithout pay for 15 hours or more on a family farmor business—or (b) were with a job but not at work.

Unemployed. —Unemployed persons are definedas those who did not work at all during the surveyweek and were looking for work. This includes per-sons waiting to be called back to a job after layoff,persons not in school and waiting to begin work ata new job within 30 days, and persons who wouldhave been looking for work but were either, tem-porarily ill or believed no work was available in theirline or community.

Labor fovce. —The labor force includes the em-ployed plus the unemployed as defined above.

Not in labov force. —This category consists ofall civilians 14 years of age and over who are notclassified as employed or unemployed. It includespersons doing their own housework, unable to workbecause of long-term illness, reti~ed, reported astoo old to work, voluntarily idle, whose only workwas seasonal and who were surveyed during an “off”season, or whose only work was incidental (lessthan 15 hours) unpaid work in a family farm orbusiness.

Majov occupation gnzup.-Occupations were clas-sified according to jobs held during the survey week.Persons employed at two or more jobs were re-ported in the job at which they worked the greatestnumber of hours during tbe week. Persons unem-ployed during the survey week were classified ac-cording to their last civilian job.

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No. 2.

No. 3.Npi 4.

NO. 5.

No. 6.No. 7.No. &.

No. 9.

No. 10.

No. 11.No. 1?.

tie. 13.

No. 14.

Vo. 15.No. 16.

Series 11.

Acute Conditions. incidence and.4ssociaced Disability, United States, July 1961 -June 1962. 40 cents.

Family Income in Relation @SeIectsd Health Charact&istics, United Stat~s. 40 cents.

Length of Convalescence .4fter Surgery, United States, July 1960-June 1961. 35 cents.Disability Days, United States, July 1961-June 1962. 40 cents.

Current Estimates From the Health Interview Survey, United States, July 1962-June 1963. 35 cents.Impairments Due tolnjury, by Class and Type of .kccident, United States, July 1959-June 1961. 25 cents.

Disability Among Persons in the Labor Force, by Employment Status, United States, July 1961-June 1962. 40 cents.Types of Injuries, Incidence and .4ssociated Disability, lJnited States, July 1957-June 1961. 35 cents.Medical Care, Health Status, and Family Income, United States. 55 cents.

.4cute Conditions, Incidence and .4ssociated Disability, United States, July 1962-June 1963. 45 cents.

Health Insurance Coverage, United States, July 1962-June 1963. 35 cents.Bed Disability Among the Chronically Limited, United States, July 1957-June 1961. 45 cents.

Current Estimates From the Health Interview Survey, United States, July 1963-June 1964. 40 cents.Illness, Disability, and Hospitalization Among Veterans, United States, July 1957-June 1961.

4cute Conditions, Incidence and Associated Disability, United States, July 1963-June 1964.Health Insurance, Type of Ins”ring organization and Multiple Coverage, United States, July 1962-June 1963.

Data From the Health Examination Sur\, ey

No. 1. Cycle I of the Health Examination Survey: Sample and Response, United States, 1960-1962. 30 cents.No. 2. Glucose Tolerance of Adults, United States, 1960-1962. 25 cents.No. 3. Binocular Visual .Acuity of .4dults, United States, 1960-1962. ’25 cents.No. 4. Blood Pressure of ,Adults, by ,4ge and Sex, United States, 1960.1962. 35 cents.No. 5. Blood Pressure of ,4dults, by Race and Region, United States, 1960-1962. 25 cents.

No. 6. Heart Disease in .Adults, United States, 1960-1962. 35 cents.

NO. 7. Selected Dental Findings in Adults, by .Age, Race, and Sex, United States, 1960-1962. 30 cents.

Series 12. Data From the Health Records Survey

No reports tn date.

Series 20. Data on mortality

No reports to date.

Series 21. Data on nat.ality, marriage, and divorce

No. 1. Yatali tyStatistics Analysis, Cni ted States, 1962. 45 cents.No. 2. Demographic Characteristics of Persons Married F3etw,een January 1955 and June 1958, United States.

Series 22. Data from the program of sample surveys related to vital records

No reports to date.