TABLE 8.1.  MARCH 1996 CPS: MARITAL STATUS BY RACE-ETHNICITY AGE 15 AND OVER: BOTH SEXES - VALUES/PERCENTS
             
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date:  February 3, 1998

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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                           	  Race-Ethnicity                                 |
|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|
|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |
|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|
|Total             |  204,625|   19,580|  185,044|   11,972|    2,118|      951|    3,007|    1,532|  152,907|   23,646|    8,492|
|Marital status    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|Never Married     |   56,219|    6,893|   49,326|    4,111|      860|      237|    1,150|      534|   36,086|   10,300|    2,940|
|Married           |  116,562|   10,583|  105,979|    6,746|      970|      541|    1,572|      754|   92,071|    9,228|    4,680|
|Widowed           |   13,555|      710|   12,845|      387|       84|       62|       96|       81|   10,842|    1,588|      415|
|Divorced          |   18,288|    1,394|   16,894|      728|      203|      112|      188|      163|   13,908|    2,530|      456|
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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |
|                  |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|
|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |
|------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|
|Total             |    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|
|Marital status    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|Never Married     |     27.5|     35.2|     26.7|     34.3|     40.6|     24.9|     38.3|     34.9|     23.6|     43.6|     34.6|
|Married           |     57.0|     54.0|     57.3|     56.3|     45.8|     56.8|     52.3|     49.2|     60.2|     39.0|     55.1|
|Widowed           |      6.6|      3.6|      6.9|      3.2|      4.0|      6.5|      3.2|      5.3|      7.1|      6.7|      4.9|
|Divorced          |      8.9|      7.1|      9.1|      6.1|      9.6|     11.7|      6.3|     10.6|      9.1|     10.7|      5.4|
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NOTE: 1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE: PPL-72

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