The rise in the number of female-headed families in the U.S. has generated interest in the effects of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC) and other transfer programs on women's choices concerning marriage, childbearing, and employment. This paper looks at marriage rates by never married women using a discrete time hazard model allowing for left and right censoring. It addresses the question of how the marriage market and welfare policy affect marriage rates using an improved measure of spouse availability.