marriage/divorce: 1

This table contains data behind the story Marriage Isn’t Dead — Yet.

Source for all data is Decennial Census (years 1960 to 2000) and American Community Survey (years 2001-2012), via IPUMS USA.

Except in the divorce file, figures represent share of the relevant population that has never been married (MARST == 6 in the IPUMS data). Note that in the story, charts generally show the share that have ever been married, which is simply 1 - n. In the divorce file, figures are share of the relevant population that is currently divorced, conditional on having ever been married.

Variable names are as follows. Number in variable names are age ranges, so all_2534 is the marriage rate for everyone ages 25 to 34.

Header	Description
all	Total (or all men/women in sex-specific files)
HS	High school graduate or less (EDUCD < 65)
SC	Some college (EDUCD >= 65 & <= 100)
BAp	Bachelor's degree or more (EDUCD > 100)
BAo	Bachelor's degree, no graduate degre (EDUCD > 100 & <= 113)
GD	Graduate degree (EDUCD > 113)
White	Non-Hispanic white
Black	Black or African-American
Hisp	Hispanic of any race
NE	New England (REGION == 11)
MA	Mid-Atlantic (REGION == 12)
Midwest	Midwest (REGION == 21-23)
South	South (REGION == 31-34)
Mountain	Mountain West (REGION == 41)
Pacific	Pacific (REGION == 42)
poor	Family income in lowest 25%
mid	Family income in middle 50%
rich	Family income in top 25%
work	Employed 50+ weeks prior year
nowork	Not employed at least 50 weeks prior year
nokids_all	No own children living at home
kids_all	At least one own child living at home