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

           Birth and Sex: March 1998 

           (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                      |12,331|  100.0| 8,122|  100.0| 2,683|  100.0| 1,527|  100.0| 

|  Married, spouse present    | 6,445|   52.3| 4,375|   53.9| 1,228|   45.8|   842|   55.1| 

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   534|    4.3|   385|    4.7|   100|    3.7|    49|    3.2| 

|  Widowed                    |   465|    3.8|   251|    3.1|   167|    6.2|    47|    3.1| 

|  Divorced                   |   756|    6.1|   314|    3.9|   300|   11.2|   142|    9.3| 

|  Separated                  |   565|    4.6|   383|    4.7|   129|    4.8|    53|    3.4| 

|  Never married              | 3,565|   28.9| 2,413|   29.7|   757|   28.2|   395|   25.9| 

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

|  Total                      | 6,415|  100.0| 4,386|  100.0| 1,275|  100.0|   754|  100.0| 

|  Married, spouse present    | 3,248|   50.6| 2,199|   50.1|   636|   49.9|   414|   54.9| 

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   387|    6.0|   305|    7.0|    55|    4.3|    27|    3.6| 

|  Widowed                    |    88|    1.4|    53|    1.2|    30|    2.3|     5|    0.7| 

|  Divorced                   |   292|    4.6|   108|    2.5|   125|    9.8|    59|    7.9| 

|  Separated                  |   231|    3.6|   165|    3.8|    46|    3.6|    20|    2.6| 

|  Never married              | 2,168|   33.8| 1,556|   35.5|   383|   30.0|   229|   30.3| 

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

|  Total                      | 5,916|  100.0| 3,736|  100.0| 1,408|  100.0|   773|  100.0| 

|  Married, spouse present    | 3,197|   54.0| 2,177|   58.3|   592|   42.0|   428|   55.4| 

|  Married, spouse absent 2/  |   146|    2.5|    80|    2.1|    45|    3.2|    21|    2.8| 

|  Widowed                    |   378|    6.4|   198|    5.3|   138|    9.8|    42|    5.5| 

|  Divorced                   |   464|    7.8|   206|    5.5|   175|   12.4|    82|   10.6| 

|  Separated                  |   334|    5.6|   218|    5.8|    83|    5.9|    33|    4.3| 

|  Never married              | 1,398|   23.6|   857|   22.9|   375|   26.6|   166|   21.5| 

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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 1998

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000