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Marriage Counting Couples, Counting Families Marital Status Question American Community Survey What is this persons marital status? Now married Widowed Divorced Separated Never married National Survey of Family


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Marriage

Counting Couples, Counting Families

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Marital Status Question

  • American Community Survey

– What is this person’s marital status?

  • Now married
  • Widowed
  • Divorced
  • Separated
  • Never married
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  • National Survey of Family Growth

– What is your current marital status?

  • Married
  • Not married but living together with a partner of
  • pposite sex
  • Separated because you and your spouse are not getting

along

  • Divorced
  • Widowed
  • Never married
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Limitations

  • Cohabitation data for ACS or CPS
  • No information on duration or order of

marriage

  • Lack of partner data for NSFG unless partner

data are gathered.

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ACS (2008-)

  • In the past month, did this person get

Yes No Married Widowed Divorced How many times has this person been married? Once Two times Three or more times

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  • In what year did this person last get married
  • __ __ __ __
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  • What is this person’s sex?
  • How is this person related to Person 1 (person

2, 3, 4, etc)?

– Husband or wife – … – Unmarried partner

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Advantages of ACS

  • New information on marriages formed in the

previous year.

  • Large sample sizes

– National – State – Local levels

  • Special populations (racial/ethnic minorities,

immigrants, same sex relationships)

  • Link marital or cohabiting couples into couple

records

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Suggestions to Modify Marriage- Related Questions

  • What is this person’s marital status?

– Married – Cohabiting – Separated – Divorced – Widowed – Never Married

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  • When did this person last get –

– Year – Married? _ _ _ _ – Cohabited? _ _ _ _ – Separated? _ _ _ _ – Divorced? _ _ _ _ – Widowed? _ _ _ _

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  • How many times has this person been

married?

– Once – Two times – Three or more times

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Marital History

  • Longitudinal surveys

– NLSY – SIPP

  • Detailed marital history of the spouse?