TABLE 8.1. MARCH 1997 CPS: MARITAL STATUS BY RACE-ETHNICITY AGE 15 AND OVER: BOTH SEXES - VALUES/PERCENTS



Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Internet release date:  August 7, 1998



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|                  |         |     Ethnicity     |                              Hispanic subgroups                               |

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

|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

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

|Total             |  207,235|   20,700|  186,535|   12,598|    2,199|    1,054|    3,250|    1,598|  153,581|   23,992|    8,961|

|Marital status    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Never Married     |   57,388|    7,404|   49,984|    4,455|      858|      251|    1,252|      588|   36,642|   10,415|    2,926|

|Married           |  116,751|   11,130|  105,621|    7,057|    1,006|      604|    1,704|      759|   91,137|    9,441|    5,044|

|Widowed           |   13,749|      721|   13,027|      359|       89|       76|      115|       82|   10,983|    1,616|      428|

|Divorced          |   19,347|    1,444|   17,903|      726|      246|      123|      179|      169|   14,819|    2,521|      563|

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|                  |         |     Ethnicity     |                              Hispanic subgroups                               |

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

|                  |         |         |   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     |     27.7|     35.8|     26.8|     35.4|     39.0|     23.8|     38.5|     36.8|     23.9|     43.4|     32.7|

|Married           |     56.3|     53.8|     56.6|     56.0|     45.7|     57.3|     52.4|     47.5|     59.3|     39.3|     56.3|

|Widowed           |      6.6|      3.5|      7.0|      2.9|      4.1|      7.2|      3.5|      5.1|      7.2|      6.7|      4.8|

|Divorced          |      9.3|      7.0|      9.6|      5.8|     11.2|     11.7|      5.5|     10.6|      9.6|     10.5|      6.3|

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NOTE:   1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE: CPS MARCH 1997

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