General Social Survey, 2006

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MARITAL Are you currently -- married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married?   1) Married   2) Widowed   3) Divorced   4) Separated   5) Never married   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Married	2170	48.1%	48.1%	-.89
Widowed	366	8.1%	56.2%	-.29
Divorced	732	16.2%	72.5%	.31
Separated	156	3.5%	75.9%	.91
Never married	1080	23.9%	99.9%	1.51
No answer	6	.1%	100%	3.91

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Gender Religion Region Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Married	27.9% 214	54.1% 743	55.4% 714	50.5% 364	38.1% 131	48.2% 2166
Widowed	0.3% 2	1.1% 15	4.3% 55	16.8% 121	50.0% 172	8.1% 365
Divorced	3.9% 30	15.4% 211	23.4% 302	22.1% 159	6.7% 23	16.1% 725
Separated	1.3% 10	4.5% 62	4.2% 54	3.9% 28	0.3% 1	3.5% 155
Never married	66.6% 510	24.8% 341	12.6% 162	6.7% 48	4.9% 17	24.0% 1078
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 766	100.0% 1373	100.0% 1288	100.0% 721	100.0% 344	4492

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	1-3 times a month	Nearly every week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Married	38.7% 511	47.1% 269	49.4% 248	48.3% 332	51.7% 124	58.2% 680	48.2% 2164
Widowed	7.4% 98	5.3% 30	8.0% 40	8.0% 55	7.1% 17	10.5% 123	8.1% 363
Divorced	20.2% 267	17.7% 101	15.3% 77	15.7% 108	13.8% 33	12.2% 142	16.2% 728
Separated	3.8% 50	4.0% 23	3.4% 17	2.8% 19	5.4% 13	2.9% 34	3.5% 156
Never married	29.9% 395	25.7% 147	23.9% 120	25.3% 174	22.1% 53	16.0% 187	24.0% 1076
No answer	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1322	100.0% 571	100.0% 502	100.0% 688	100.0% 240	100.0% 1168	4491

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Married	42.7% 295	45.6% 1036	48.0% 181	56.7% 433	55.8% 225	48.1% 2170
Widowed	14.0% 97	8.5% 193	6.1% 23	4.1% 31	5.5% 22	8.1% 366
Divorced	13.6% 94	17.6% 399	17.0% 64	14.7% 112	15.6% 63	16.2% 732
Separated	6.1% 42	3.3% 76	5.0% 19	1.7% 13	1.2% 5	3.4% 155
Never married	23.3% 161	24.9% 567	23.9% 90	22.7% 173	21.8% 88	23.9% 1079
No answer	0.3% 2	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 691	100.0% 2273	100.0% 377	100.0% 763	100.0% 403	4507

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Married	50.8% 1018	46.0% 1152	48.1% 2170
Widowed	3.2% 65	12.0% 301	8.1% 366
Divorced	16.0% 320	16.4% 412	16.2% 732
Separated	3.0% 61	3.8% 95	3.5% 156
Never married	26.7% 534	21.8% 546	23.9% 1080
No answer	0.2% 5	0.0% 1	0.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 2003	100.0% 2507	4510

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Married	50.0% 1164	52.7% 587	51.3% 40	37.5% 277	40.9% 92	48.2% 2160
Widowed	9.5% 222	8.5% 95	11.5% 9	3.8% 28	4.4% 10	8.1% 364
Divorced	17.7% 411	12.0% 134	14.1% 11	18.1% 134	17.3% 39	16.3% 729
Separated	3.7% 87	3.4% 38	0.0% 0	3.0% 22	3.6% 8	3.5% 155
Never married	19.0% 442	23.3% 260	23.1% 18	37.3% 276	33.8% 76	23.9% 1072
No answer	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 2328	100.0% 1114	100.0% 78	100.0% 739	100.0% 225	4484

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Married	45.6% 324	50.3% 522	48.1% 840	47.6% 484	48.1% 2170
Widowed	11.4% 81	7.7% 80	7.7% 134	7.0% 71	8.1% 366
Divorced	11.0% 78	17.0% 176	16.8% 293	18.2% 185	16.2% 732
Separated	4.4% 31	2.6% 27	4.3% 75	2.3% 23	3.5% 156
Never married	27.7% 197	22.4% 232	23.0% 402	24.5% 249	23.9% 1080
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.4% 4	0.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 711	100.0% 1038	100.0% 1745	100.0% 1016	4510

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Married	51.6% 1695	27.3% 173	51.0% 302	48.1% 2170
Widowed	8.9% 293	8.5% 54	3.2% 19	8.1% 366
Divorced	17.2% 565	16.1% 102	11.0% 65	16.2% 732
Separated	2.5% 81	5.5% 35	6.8% 40	3.5% 156
Never married	19.6% 645	42.6% 270	27.9% 165	23.9% 1080
No answer	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 3284	100.0% 634	100.0% 592	4510