RECORDS IN THE SAMPLE, RECORD WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER
   OF EVENTS, DIVORCE REGISTRATION AREA AND EACH REGISTRATION STATE, 1988

                           NUMBER OF SAMPLE                   ESTIMATED NUMBER
AREA                          RECORDS           WEIGHT            OF EVENTS 1/

DRA TOTAL 2/                  277,054            ...                570,874

  ALABAMA---------------        2,397             10                 23,970
  ALASKA----------------        3,350              1                  3,350
  CONNECTICUT-----------        5,986              2                 11,972
  DIST. OF COLUMBIA-----        2,112              1                  2,112
  GEORGIA---------------        3,510             10                 35,100
  HAWAII----------------        5,017              1                  5,017
  IDAHO-----------------        6,000              2                  6,000
  ILLINOIS--------------       45,911              1                 45,911
  IOWA------------------        5,408              2                 10,816
  KANSAS----------------        6,256              2                 12,512
  KENTUCKY--------------        4,005              5                 20,025
  MARYLAND--------------        3,411              5                 17,055
  MASSACHUSETTS---------        3,541              5                 17,705
  MICHIGAN--------------        4,024             10                 40,240
  MISSOURI--------------       24,948              1                 24,948
  MONTANA---------------        4,073              1                  4,073
  NEBRASKA--------------        6,264              1                  6,264
  NEW HAMPSHIRE---------        4,899              1                  4,899
  NEW YORK--------------       62,924              1                 62,924
  OHIO------------------        2,463             20                 49,260
  OREGON----------------        3,034              5                 15,170
  PENNSYLVANIA----------        3,901             10                 39,010
  RHODE ISLAND----------        3,795              1                  3,795
  SOUTH CAROLINA--------       14,672              1                 14,672
  SOUTH DAKOTA----------        2,651              2                  2,651
  TENNESSEE-------------        3,136             10                 31,360
  UTAH------------------        4,001              2                  8,002
  VERMONT---------------        2,586              1                  2,586
  VIRGINIA--------------       26,013              1                 26,013
  WISCONSIN-------------        3,424              5                 17,120
  WYOMING---------------        3,317              1                  3,317

* VIRGIN ISLANDS--------          380              1                    380

1/  NUMBER OF SAMPLE RECORDS WEIGHTED BY RECIPROCAL OF SAMPLING RATE.
2/  EXCLUDES DIVORCES IN VIRGIN ISLANDS.









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