This report presents results of a study of the material history of men and women that was conducted in June 1975 by the Bureau of the Census. The analysis covers the number of times adults born since 1900 have married, their ages at marrige and divorce, and the number of years between marriage and divorce and between divorce and remarriage.

Appendix

Tables

Table 1. Year of Birth by Current Marital Status, Whether (and How) The First Marriage Ended, Number of Times Married, Race, Spanish, Origin, and Sex, for Persons Who Were Born Between January 1900 and December 1959: Survey Date: June 1975

Table 3. Period When Divorce Occurred After First Marriage by Year of Birth and Sex, for Persons Whose Married First Marriage Ended in Divorce and Who Were Born Between January 1900 and December 1959: Survey Date June 1975

Table 4. Period When Divorce Occurred After Second Marriage by Year of Birth and Sex, for Persons Married Twice Whose Second Marriage Ended in Divorce and Who Were Born Between January 1900 and December 1959: Survey Date June 1975

Table 5. Interval Between Marriage and Divorce and Interval Between Divorce and Remarriage, by Number of Times Married and Year of Birth, for Men Born Between 1900 and 1949 and Women Born Between 1900 and 1954: Survey Date June 1975

Others in Series

PUBLICATION | DECEMBER 1975

Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1975

Detailed tabulations provide statistics on the marital status and living arrangements of the United States population using data from the 1975 CPS.

PUBLICATION | APRIL 1976

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1974

This report presents findings from the 1974 voting survey and examines those who never vote or seldom vote and their reasons for not voting.

PUBLICATION | OCTOBER 1976

Daytime Care of Children: October 1974 and February 1975

Data on the arrangements made for the daytime care of children 3 to 13 years old for women in and out of the labor force for both full- and part-time workers.

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