Life Choices, 1990

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MARITAL [HAND CARD WITH RESPONSES] What is your marital status? Just call off the number please.   1) Never married   2) Now married   3) Separate   4) Divorced   5) Widowed

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never married	296	14.1%	14.1%	-1.2
Now married	1378	65.6%	79.7%	-.3
Separate	46	2.2%	81.9%	.6
Divorced	185	8.8%	90.7%	1.5
Widowed	195	9.3%	100%	2.39

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Never married	45.9% 181	10.7% 79	4.1% 17	3.0% 12	4.7% 7	14.2% 296
Now married	47.2% 186	73.9% 543	75.1% 308	67.4% 271	42.0% 63	65.6% 1371
Separate	1.8% 7	2.9% 21	3.4% 14	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	2.2% 46
Divorced	4.6% 18	11.7% 86	12.0% 49	6.7% 27	3.3% 5	8.8% 185
Widowed	0.5% 2	0.8% 6	5.4% 22	21.9% 88	50.0% 75	9.2% 193
TOTAL	100.0% 394	100.0% 735	100.0% 410	100.0% 402	100.0% 150	2091

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Never married	22.8% 82	15.3% 99	10.8% 85	9.6% 27	14.1% 293
Now married	52.9% 190	65.4% 422	70.2% 552	69.4% 195	65.6% 1359
Separate	4.2% 15	2.2% 14	1.4% 11	2.1% 6	2.2% 46
Divorced	13.4% 48	10.4% 67	6.6% 52	5.3% 15	8.8% 182
Widowed	6.7% 24	6.7% 43	10.9% 86	13.5% 38	9.2% 191
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 645	100.0% 786	100.0% 281	2071

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Never married	11.9% 45	12.4% 86	18.5% 105	12.8% 58	14.1% 294
Now married	57.6% 217	67.7% 471	64.7% 367	70.4% 318	65.6% 1373
Separate	4.2% 16	1.9% 13	1.9% 11	1.3% 6	2.2% 46
Divorced	6.9% 26	9.3% 65	9.2% 52	9.1% 41	8.8% 184
Widowed	19.4% 73	8.8% 61	5.6% 32	6.4% 29	9.3% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 377	100.0% 696	100.0% 567	100.0% 452	2092

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Never married	14.5% 76	12.5% 71	14.1% 93	16.1% 56	14.1% 296
Now married	66.9% 351	68.1% 388	64.4% 424	62.0% 215	65.6% 1378
Separate	2.7% 14	1.6% 9	2.7% 18	1.4% 5	2.2% 46
Divorced	7.4% 39	9.3% 53	7.8% 51	12.1% 42	8.8% 185
Widowed	8.6% 45	8.6% 49	10.9% 72	8.4% 29	9.3% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 525	100.0% 570	100.0% 658	100.0% 347	2100

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never married	17.8% 174	10.8% 117	14.1% 291
Now married	67.1% 658	64.6% 697	65.8% 1355
Separate	1.6% 16	2.7% 29	2.2% 45
Divorced	9.2% 90	8.4% 91	8.8% 181
Widowed	4.3% 42	13.4% 145	9.1% 187
TOTAL	100.0% 980	100.0% 1079	2059

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Never married	11.8% 134	13.3% 84	23.1% 12	15.7% 14	12.8% 244
Now married	65.7% 743	69.2% 438	67.3% 35	65.2% 58	66.9% 1274
Separate	2.1% 24	2.7% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 41
Divorced	9.2% 104	7.0% 44	5.8% 3	7.9% 7	8.3% 158
Widowed	11.1% 126	7.9% 50	3.8% 2	11.2% 10	9.9% 188
TOTAL	100.0% 1131	100.0% 633	100.0% 52	100.0% 89	1905