American National Election Studies, Cumulative Data File, 1948-2004

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VCF0147 Are you married now and living with your husband/wife -- or are you widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never married? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)   1) Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)   2) Never married   3) Divorced   4) Separated   5) Widowed   7) Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc. 1986])   8) Respondent not married/partnered, refused to say whether never married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992 only); Don't know   9) NA; no Pre IW; unmarried at time of interview (1952 only); short-form "new" Cross-Section (1992)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)	28756	63%	63%	-.59
Never married	5941	13%	76%	.01
Divorced	3633	8%	84%	.61
Separated	1321	2.9%	86.9%	1.22
Widowed	4788	10.5%	97.4%	1.82
Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc. 1986])	561	1.2%	98.6%	3.02
Respondent not married/partnered, refused to say whether never married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992 only); Don't know	8	0%	98.6%	3.62
NA; no Pre IW; unmarried at time of interview (1952 only); short-form "new" Cross-Section (1992)	629	1.4%	100%	4.23

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)	70.1% 14146	57.6% 14610	63.1% 28756
Never married	15.1% 3046	11.4% 2895	13.0% 5941
Divorced	6.5% 1309	9.2% 2324	8.0% 3633
Separated	2.0% 401	3.6% 920	2.9% 1321
Widowed	4.2% 844	15.6% 3944	10.5% 4788
Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc. 1986])	1.3% 269	1.2% 292	1.2% 561
Respondent not married/partnered, refused to say whether never married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992 only); Don't know	0.0% 2	0.0% 6	0.0% 8
NA; no Pre IW; unmarried at time of interview (1952 only); short-form "new" Cross-Section (1992)	0.8% 167	1.4% 362	1.2% 529
TOTAL	100.0% 20184	100.0% 25353	45537

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)	66.2% 24837	43.0% 2149	61.4% 227	57.4% 473	57.3% 852	71.3% 97	63.2% 28635
Never married	11.6% 4368	21.1% 1054	22.2% 82	10.4% 86	21.0% 312	8.1% 11	13.0% 5913
Divorced	7.5% 2819	10.2% 508	8.6% 32	13.5% 111	9.3% 139	5.1% 7	8.0% 3616
Separated	1.8% 663	10.1% 504	1.9% 7	5.2% 43	6.1% 91	4.4% 6	2.9% 1314
Widowed	10.7% 3999	12.3% 614	4.1% 15	9.5% 78	3.8% 57	7.4% 10	10.5% 4773
Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc. 1986])	1.0% 391	1.9% 93	1.9% 7	3.8% 31	2.1% 31	2.2% 3	1.2% 556
Respondent not married/partnered, refused to say whether never married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992 only); Don't know	0.0% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 8
NA; no Pre IW; unmarried at time of interview (1952 only); short-form "new" Cross-Section (1992)	1.1% 425	1.6% 78	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.3% 4	1.5% 2	1.1% 510
TOTAL	100.0% 37508	100.0% 5000	100.0% 370	100.0% 824	100.0% 1487	100.0% 136	45325

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)	40.3% 1789	68.1% 6685	73.6% 6965	72.5% 5422	66.7% 4215	45.9% 3587	63.2% 28663
Never married	50.9% 2260	17.1% 1677	8.6% 813	5.9% 439	5.3% 335	5.0% 394	13.1% 5918
Divorced	2.6% 117	7.4% 725	10.5% 994	11.0% 819	8.9% 565	5.1% 401	8.0% 3621
Separated	2.2% 96	3.9% 378	3.8% 363	3.0% 228	2.4% 150	1.3% 99	2.9% 1314
Widowed	0.2% 11	0.4% 42	1.6% 152	5.7% 428	14.8% 934	40.7% 3179	10.5% 4746
Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc. 1986])	3.0% 131	2.3% 224	1.2% 110	0.8% 57	0.3% 22	0.2% 16	1.2% 560
Respondent not married/partnered, refused to say whether never married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992 only); Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 2	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 2	0.0% 7
NA; no Pre IW; unmarried at time of interview (1952 only); short-form "new" Cross-Section (1992)	0.8% 35	0.8% 79	0.7% 63	1.1% 84	1.5% 94	1.8% 140	1.1% 495
TOTAL	100.0% 4439	100.0% 9812	100.0% 9462	100.0% 7477	100.0% 6316	100.0% 7818	45324

Education (I-EDUC)

	Grade school or less (0-8 grades)	High school (12 grades or fewer)	Some college (13 grades or more but no degree)	College or advanced degree	TOTAL
Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)	60.9% 4337	65.4% 13795	58.6% 5250	65.0% 5198	63.3% 28580
Never married	4.6% 330	11.5% 2422	19.2% 1721	17.9% 1427	13.1% 5900
Divorced	4.6% 331	7.7% 1634	10.8% 965	8.5% 676	8.0% 3606
Separated	3.5% 247	3.3% 692	2.6% 237	1.7% 139	2.9% 1315
Widowed	23.0% 1640	10.0% 2109	6.5% 581	5.0% 401	10.5% 4731
Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc. 1986])	0.3% 22	1.3% 269	1.6% 146	1.5% 116	1.2% 553
Respondent not married/partnered, refused to say whether never married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992 only); Don't know	0.0% 1	0.0% 4	0.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 8
NA; no Pre IW; unmarried at time of interview (1952 only); short-form "new" Cross-Section (1992)	3.0% 214	0.9% 180	0.6% 52	0.5% 36	1.1% 482
TOTAL	100.0% 7122	100.0% 21105	100.0% 8955	100.0% 7993	45175

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)	64.3% 18852	65.3% 6928	67.7% 753	49.1% 2024	63.3% 28557
Never married	10.9% 3189	14.4% 1524	13.0% 145	24.9% 1026	13.0% 5884
Divorced	7.9% 2327	6.6% 700	5.2% 58	12.5% 513	8.0% 3598
Separated	3.1% 894	2.5% 264	1.6% 18	3.2% 132	2.9% 1308
Widowed	11.7% 3440	9.1% 960	10.2% 113	5.7% 234	10.5% 4747
Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc. 1986])	0.9% 258	1.2% 130	0.8% 9	3.9% 160	1.2% 557
Respondent not married/partnered, refused to say whether never married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992 only); Don't know	0.0% 1	0.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.1% 3	0.0% 8
NA; no Pre IW; unmarried at time of interview (1952 only); short-form "new" Cross-Section (1992)	1.2% 342	0.9% 95	1.4% 16	0.7% 27	1.1% 480
TOTAL	100.0% 29303	100.0% 10605	100.0% 1112	100.0% 4119	45139

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Every week	Almost every week (no cases in 1970)	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Never	No religious preference (1970-1988)	TOTAL
Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)	65.0% 5782	63.8% 2373	55.5% 2506	58.9% 4605	50.6% 3496	47.7% 666	58.5% 19428
Never married	10.3% 915	12.1% 449	17.3% 779	16.3% 1274	20.4% 1407	26.0% 363	15.6% 5187
Divorced	6.6% 589	8.2% 306	10.9% 493	10.5% 822	12.6% 868	12.4% 173	9.8% 3251
Separated	2.6% 233	3.0% 112	4.4% 200	3.5% 273	3.3% 225	4.4% 62	3.3% 1105
Widowed	14.9% 1327	11.9% 443	10.1% 457	8.8% 687	9.4% 649	5.5% 77	11.0% 3640
Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc. 1986])	0.3% 31	0.7% 25	1.6% 70	1.7% 136	3.6% 249	3.2% 45	1.7% 556
Respondent not married/partnered, refused to say whether never married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992 only); Don't know	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 2	0.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 7
NA; no Pre IW; unmarried at time of interview (1952 only); short-form "new" Cross-Section (1992)	0.1% 12	0.2% 9	0.2% 7	0.2% 14	0.1% 9	0.6% 9	0.2% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 8891	100.0% 3717	100.0% 4512	100.0% 7813	100.0% 6906	100.0% 1395	33234