1989 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 1989. 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 1989, all States reported the State of residence of the ride 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 1989, 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 1989. See table B for the sample number, sampling rate, and weighted estimate for every MRA State. - 1 - Table A States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1989 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Maine | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Maryland | | X | X | | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Massachusetts | X | | X | X | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Michigan | X | | | X | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Minnesota | | X | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Mississippi | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ - 2 - States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1989 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 | 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 | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Virgin Islands | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ - 3 - Table B RECORDS IN THE SAMPLE, RECORD WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EVENTS, MARRIAGE REGISTRATION AREA AND EACH REGISTRATION STATE, 1989 NUMBER OF SAMPLE ESTIMATED NUMBER AREA RECORDS WEIGHT OF EVENTS MRA TOTAL 1/ 192,858 ... 1,856,812 ALABAMA--------------- 4,318 10 43,180 ALASKA---------------- 2,830 2 5,660 CALIFORNIA------------ 6,926 20 138,520 COLORADO-------------- 3,187 10 31,870 CONNECTICUT----------- 5,302 5 26,510 DELAWARE-------------- 5,943 1 5,943 DIST. OF COLUMBIA----- 4,784 1 4,784 FLORIDA--------------- 6,896 20 137,920 GEORGIA--------------- 3,370 20 67,400 HAWAII---------------- 3,594 5 17,970 IDAHO----------------- 6,597 2 13,194 ILLINOIS-------------- 4,286 20 85,720 INDIANA--------------- 5,346 10 53,460 IOWA------------------ 5,056 5 25,280 KANSAS---------------- 4,444 5 22,220 KENTUCKY-------------- 5,009 10 50,090 LOUISIANA------------- 3,852 10 38,520 MAINE----------------- 6,192 2 12,384 MARYLAND-------------- 4,615 10 46,150 MASSACHUSETTS--------- 4,917 10 49,170 MICHIGAN-------------- 3,812 20 76,240 MINNESOTA------------- 3,434 10 34,340 MISSISSIPPI----------- 4,845 5 24,225 MISSOURI-------------- 5,031 10 50,310 MONTANA--------------- 3,382 2 6,764 NEBRASKA-------------- 6,354 2 12,708 NEW HAMPSHIRE--------- 5,565 2 11,130 NEW JERSEY------------ 3,005 20 60,100 NEW YORK-------------- 4,681 20 93,620 NORTH CAROLINA-------- 5,100 10 51,000 OHIO------------------ 4,902 20 98,040 OREGON---------------- 4,797 5 23,985 PENNSYLVANIA---------- 4,376 20 87,520 RHODE ISLAND---------- 4,132 2 8,264 SOUTH CAROLINA-------- 2,735 20 54,700 SOUTH DAKOTA---------- 3,557 2 7,114 TENNESSEE------------- 3,250 20 65,000 UTAH------------------ 3,720 5 18,600 VERMONT--------------- 3,069 2 6,138 VIRGINIA-------------- 3,451 20 69,020 WEST VIRGINIA--------- 2,657 5 13,285 WISCONSIN------------- 4,040 10 40,400 WYOMING--------------- 2,312 2 4,624 PUERTO RICO----------- 3,165 10 31,650 VIRGIN ISLANDS-------- 2,174 1 2,174 NEW YORK CITY--------- 3,187 20 63,740 1/ MRA TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS. - 4 -