1995 Marriage Addendum to the "Technical Appendix" of Vital Statistics of the United States, 1988, Volume III--Marriage and Divorce REGISTRATION AREAS Marriages in the marriage-registration area (MRA) sample are representative of 77 percent of all marriages registered in the United States in 1995. STANDARD CERTIFICATES A third revision of the standard certificate was recommended to the States for use beginning January 1, 1989. On the marriage certificate, the only significant change was that the item requesting the type of ceremony (religious or civil) was deleted. In early 1989, most States implemented revised certificates that closely resembled the standard. However, some States continued to use previous versions or they revised their certificates but left out items included on the standard. In 1995, all States reported the State of residence of the bride and groom and the date of the marriage. For the remaining items, see table A for a listing of the States which reported each item. In 1995, NCHS did not use information from the following items on the marriage certificate: birthplace of bride/groom, date last marriage ended--bride/groom, and education of bride/groom. SAMPLING PROCEDURES About 10 percent of all marriages in the MRA were in the marriage sample for 1995. For the first time, confidential marriages in Calirfornia were included in the sample. See table B for the sample number, sampling rate, and weighted estimate for every MRA State. maradd95.txt - pg. 1 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1995 ______________________________________________________________________________ | Date of | Age | Previous |Number of | Race of | Birth of | of | Marital |Marriage | Husband/ Area |Husband/Wife|Husband/Wife| Status |for Husband| Wife ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Alabama | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Alaska | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ California | X | | X | X | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Colorado | X | | X | | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Connecticut | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Delaware | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Dist. of Columbia | | X | X | X | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Florida | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Georgia | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Hawaii | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Idaho | | X | X | | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Illinois | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Indiana | | X | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Iowa | X | | | | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Kansas | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Kentucky | | X | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Louisiana | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Maryland | | X | X | | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Massachusetts | X | | X | X | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Michigan | X | | | X | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Minnesota | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Mississippi | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ maradd95.txt - pg. 2 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1995 ______________________________________________________________________________ | Date of | Age | Previous |Number of | Race of | Birth of | of | Marital |Marriage | Husband/ Area |Husband/Wife|Husband/Wife| Status |for Husband| Wife ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Missouri | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Montana | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Nebraska | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ New Hampshire | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ New Jersey | | X | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ New York | X | | X | X | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ North Carolina | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Ohio | X | X | | X | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Oregon | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Pennsylvania | X | | X | X | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Rhode Island | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ South Carolina | X | | | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ South Dakota | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Tennessee | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Utah | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Vermont | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Virginia | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ West Virginia | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Wisconsin | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Wyoming | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Puerto Rico | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Virgin Islands | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ NOTE: Changes from 1994--Maine dropped out of the registration area. maradd95.txt - pg. 3 RECORDS IN THE SAMPLE, RECORD WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EVENTS, MARRIAGE REGISTRATION AREA AND EACH REGISTRATION STATE, 1995 NUMBER OF SAMPLE ESTIMATED NUMBER AREA RECORDS WEIGHT OF EVENTS MRA TOTAL 1/ 186,904 ... 1,800,249 ALABAMA--------------- 4,223 10 42,230 ALASKA---------------- 2,751 2 5,502 CALIFORNIA------------ 7,386 20 147,720 COLORADO-------------- 3,429 10 34,290 CONNECTICUT----------- 4,479 5 22,395 DELAWARE-------------- 5,374 1 5,374 DIST. OF COLUMBIA----- 3,629 1 3,629 FLORIDA--------------- 7,253 20 145,060 GEORGIA--------------- 3,096 20 61,920 HAWAII---------------- 3,734 5 18,670 IDAHO----------------- 7,555 2 15,110 ILLINOIS-------------- 4,665 20 93,300 INDIANA--------------- 5,062 10 50,620 IOWA------------------ 4,514 5 22,570 KANSAS---------------- 4,210 5 21,050 KENTUCKY-------------- 4,573 10 45,730 LOUISIANA------------- 4,067 10 40,670 MARYLAND-------------- 4,324 10 43,240 MASSACHUSETTS--------- 4,151 10 41,510 MICHIGAN-------------- 3,544 20 70,880 MINNESOTA------------- 3,288 10 32,880 MISSISSIPPI----------- 4,431 5 22,155 MISSOURI-------------- 4,504 10 45,040 MONTANA--------------- 3,414 2 6,828 NEBRASKA-------------- 6,177 2 12,354 NEW HAMPSHIRE--------- 4,899 2 9,798 NEW JERSEY------------ 2,612 20 52,240 NEW YORK-------------- 7,243 20 144,860 NORTH CAROLINA-------- 6,172 10 61,720 OHIO------------------ 4,474 20 89,480 OREGON---------------- 5,058 5 25,290 PENNSYLVANIA---------- 3,721 20 74,420 RHODE ISLAND---------- 3,695 2 7,390 SOUTH CAROLINA-------- 2,267 20 45,340 SOUTH DAKOTA---------- 3,641 2 7,282 TENNESSEE------------- 4,167 20 83,340 UTAH------------------ 4,319 5 21,595 VERMONT--------------- 2,999 2 5,998 VIRGINIA-------------- 3,395 20 67,900 WEST VIRGINIA--------- 5,736 5 11,472 WISCONSIN------------- 3,636 10 36,360 WYOMING--------------- 5,037 2 5,037 PUERTO RICO----------- 3,252 10 32,520 VIRGIN ISLANDS-------- 2,765 1 2,765 1/ MRA TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS. maradd95.txt - pg. 4