Table with row headers in column A and column headers in row 6 through 7.,,,
Table M2.  Comparison of Childbearing Patterns Between Preliminary Vital Statistics Estimates for Calendar Year 2003 and the June 2004 Current Population Survey,,,

(leading dots indicate sub-parts),,,
(Percent distribution.  Numbers in thousands),,,
Characteristics,Vital Statistics 2003,CPS July 2003 to June 2004,
,,Estimate,Margin of error /1

Number of births,"4,091","3,746",139

Percent distribution,100,100,        (X) 

AGE /2,,,
.Under 15 years,0.2,    NA , NA 
.15 to 19 years,10.1,10.3,1.3
.20 to 24 years,25.2,23.5,1.6
.25 to 29 years,26.6,25,1.6
.30 to 34 years,23.9,25.3,1.6
.35 years and over,14,15.9,1.4

RACE /3,,,
.White only,78.9,76.9,1.6
"..White only, not Hispanic",56.7,56.4,1.9
.Black only,14.7,13.7,1.3
.Asian only,5.4,6.1,0.9

HISPANIC ORIGIN (of any race) /4,,,
.Hispanic,22.3,21.8,2
.Not Hispanic,77.7,78.2,1.6

MARITAL STATUS /5,,,
.Currently married and separated,65.4,68.3,1.8
.Unmarried,34.6,31.7,1.8
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BIRTH ORDER /6,,,
.First birth,40.3,39.3,1.9
.Second or higher,59.6,60.7,1.9
Footnotes:,,,
Note:  Universe for the CPS is Women 15 to 44 years old at the time of interview.  Universe for vital statistics is for all Women with births in 2003.,,,

"1/  When the margin of error is added to or subtracted from the point estimate, it produces a 90 percent confidence interval.",,,
2/  Age at the time of child's birth.  Other CPS tables indicate age of women at survey date.,,,
"3/  Race of mother. CPS data refers to White only; White only, not Hispanic; Black only; and Asian only (these differ and are not necessarily comparable to the Vital statistics race categories of White; White, not Hispanic; Black; and Asian and Pacific Islander ).",,,
4/  Origin of mother.,,,
5/  CPS data refer to marital status of women at the time of interview and include as currently married never married women at the time of their first birth who subsequently married by the time of the interview.  Vital Statistics data refer to marital status at the time of the birth.,,,
6/  0.2 percent of birth certificates did not report birth order to Vital Statistics.,,,

"Source:  Current Population Survey, June 2004 and Hamilton BE, Martin JA, Sutton PD. ""Births Preliminary Data for 2003."" National vital statistics reports; vol 53 no 9. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics, 2004",,,

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