Table 4.2  Marital Status of the Latin American Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth 

           and Sex: March 1997

           (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                      |11,979|  100.0| 7,961|  100.0| 2,608|  100.0| 1,410|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 6,156|   51.4| 4,225|   53.1| 1,184|   45.4|   747|   52.9|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   554|    4.6|   425|    5.3|    78|    3.0|    51|    3.6|

|  Widowed                    |   462|    3.9|   243|    3.0|   151|    5.8|    68|    4.8|

|  Divorced                   |   666|    5.6|   264|    3.3|   282|   10.8|   119|    8.5|

|  Separated                  |   516|    4.3|   292|    3.7|   160|    6.1|    64|    4.6|

|  Never married              | 3,626|   30.3| 2,512|   31.6|   753|   28.9|   361|   25.6|

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      | 6,281|  100.0| 4,359|  100.0| 1,248|  100.0|   674|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 3,095|   49.3| 2,132|   48.9|   605|   48.5|   358|   53.0|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   409|    6.5|   336|    7.7|    38|    3.0|    35|    5.2|

|  Widowed                    |    98|    1.6|    58|    1.3|    29|    2.3|    11|    1.6|

|  Divorced                   |   245|    3.9|    92|    2.1|   103|    8.3|    50|    7.4|

|  Separated                  |   202|    3.2|   122|    2.8|    58|    4.6|    23|    3.3|

|  Never married              | 2,233|   35.5| 1,620|   37.2|   415|   33.2|   198|   29.4|

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total                      | 5,698|  100.0| 3,602|  100.0| 1,360|  100.0|   736|  100.0|

|  Married, spouse present    | 3,061|   53.7| 2,093|   58.1|   579|   42.5|   389|   52.8|

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   145|    2.6|    89|    2.5|    40|    3.0|    16|    2.2|

|  Widowed                    |   364|    6.4|   185|    5.1|   122|    9.0|    57|    7.7|

|  Divorced                   |   421|    7.4|   172|    4.8|   179|   13.2|    70|    9.5|

|  Separated                  |   314|    5.5|   170|    4.7|   102|    7.5|    42|    5.7|

|  Never married              | 1,393|   24.5|   892|   24.8|   338|   24.9|   163|   22.1|

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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 1997

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000