Table 4.2  Marital Status of the Latin American Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 3/)



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|                             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

|                             |              |--------------------------------------------|

|                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                             |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

|                             |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|

|                             |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|

|-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|

|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      |11,097|  100.0| 7,565|  100.0| 2,344|  100.0| 1,188|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 5,895|   53.1| 4,147|   54.8| 1,097|   46.8|   651|   54.8|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   460|    4.1|   335|    4.4|    93|    4.0|    32|    2.7|

|  Widowed                    |   410|    3.7|   228|    3.0|   126|    5.4|    56|    4.7|

|  Divorced                   |   633|    5.7|   326|    4.3|   219|    9.3|    88|    7.4|

|  Separated                  |   491|    4.4|   301|    4.0|   133|    5.7|    57|    4.8|

|  Never married              | 3,208|   28.9| 2,227|   29.4|   677|   28.9|   304|   25.6|

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      | 5,597|  100.0| 4,022|  100.0| 1,048|  100.0|   527|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 2,914|   52.1| 2,069|   51.4|   548|   52.3|   298|   56.5|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   324|    5.8|   268|    6.7|    44|    4.2|    12|    2.3|

|  Widowed                    |    69|    1.2|    49|    1.2|    12|    1.1|     8|    1.6|

|  Divorced                   |   237|    4.2|   128|    3.2|    84|    8.1|    25|    4.8|

|  Separated                  |   145|    2.6|    98|    2.4|    26|    2.4|    21|    4.0|

|  Never married              | 1,908|   34.1| 1,411|   35.1|   335|   31.9|   163|   30.8|

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      | 5,500|  100.0| 3,543|  100.0| 1,296|  100.0|   661|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 2,980|   54.2| 2,079|   58.7|   549|   42.3|   353|   53.4|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   136|    2.5|    67|    1.9|    49|    3.8|    20|    3.0|

|  Widowed                    |   342|    6.2|   179|    5.1|   114|    8.8|    48|    7.3|

|  Divorced                   |   396|    7.2|   199|    5.6|   134|   10.4|    62|    9.5|

|  Separated                  |   346|    6.3|   203|    5.7|   108|    8.3|    36|    5.5|

|  Never married              | 1,300|   23.6|   817|   23.1|   342|   26.4|   141|   21.4|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.

2/ 'Married, spouse absent' excludes separated.

3/  Age 15 years and over.

 

SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

        Current Population Survey, March 1996

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000