Table 3.  Comparison of Childbearing Patterns Between Vital Statistics
               for Calendar Year 1992 and the June 1994 Current Population
               Survey

     (Percent distribution.  Numbers in thousands)
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                                               July 1993 to June 1994 CPS
                                               __________________________
                                    Vital                    90 percent
                                  statistics                 confidence
     Characteristic                  1992        Percent      interval
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     Number of births.............    4,065       3,890         141

     Percent distribution ........    100.0       100.0           X

     AGE 1/
     Under 15 years...............      0.3         0.2         0.2
     15 to 19 years...............     12.4        11.8         1.2
     20 to 24 years...............     26.3        24.3         1.6
     25 to 29 years...............     29.0        27.8         1.7
     30 to 34 years...............     22.0        24.5         1.6
     35 years and over............      9.9        11.5         1.2

     RACE 2/
     White........................     78.8        79.9         1.5
     Black........................     16.6        14.6         1.3
     Asian and Pacific Islander...      3.7         2.9         0.6
     All other race...............      1.0         2.6         0.6

     HISPANIC ORIGIN 3/
     Hispanic.....................     15.8        16.6         1.4
     Not Hispanic.................     84.2        83.4         1.6

     MARITAL STATUS 4/
     Currently married............     69.9        74.1         1.6
     Unmarried....................     30.1        25.9         1.6

     BIRTH ORDER
     First birth..................     40.2        42.4         1.9
     Second or higher.............     59.8        57.6         1.9
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     Note: Universe for the CPS is women 15 to 44 years old at the time
        of the interview; universe for vital statistics is for all women
        with births in 1990.
     1/ Age at the time of child's birth.
     2/ Race of mother.
     3/ Excludes New Hampshire for Vital Statistics
        distribution of births.
     4/ CPS data refer to marital status of women at the time of interview.

     Source: Vital statistics are from the Advance Report of Final Natality
        Statistics, 1992, Vol. 43, N0.5, October 25, 1994 and CPS
        data are from the June Current Population Survey, 1994.