Vital Statistics: Marriage Detail [United States], 1990 (ICPSR 6948)

Version Date: Jan 10, 2008

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Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06948.v1

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Summary

This file contains demographic data for marriages occurring in the United States during the 1990 calendar year. The data were taken from marriage certificates registered with the vital statistics offices of 42 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The certificates for each state were chosen at one of five sampling rates (5, 10, 20, 50, or 100 percent), depending on the total number of marriages performed in the state during the year. Each record includes a weight factor based on the sampling fraction of the reporting state. The demographic data collected include age, race, previous marital status, number of this marriage, education, and natality of both the bride and groom. Information about the marriage ceremony itself includes month, day, and week of marriage and type of ceremony.

Citation

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Statistics: Marriage Detail [United States], 1990. [distributor], 2008-01-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06948.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

In preparing the data file(s) for this collection, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has removed direct identifiers and characteristics that might lead to identification of data subjects. As an additional precaution NCHS requires, under Section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m), that data collected by NCHS not be used for any purpose other than statistical analysis and reporting. NCHS further requires that analysts not use the data to learn the identity of any persons or establishments and that the director of NCHS be notified if any identities are inadvertently discovered. ICPSR member institutions and other users ordering data from ICPSR are expected to adhere to these restrictions.

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Time Period(s)

1990

Date of Collection

1990

Data Collection Notes

  1. Per agreement with NCHS, ICPSR distributes the data file(s) and text of the technical documentation for this collection as prepared by NCHS.

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Sample

Five sampling rates (5, 10, 20, 50, or 100 percent) were used, depending on the total number of marriages performed in the state during the year.

Universe

All marriages in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in 1990.

Data Source

marriage and divorce certificates

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1997-06-24

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. VITAL STATISTICS: MARRIAGE DETAIL [UNITED STATES], 1990. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics [producer], 1995. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06948.v1
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