1991 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 76 percent of all marriages registered in the United States in 1991. 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 1991, 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 1991, 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 1991. See table B for the sample number, sampling rate, and weighted estimate for every MRA State. maradd91.txt - pg. 1 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1991 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Mississippi | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ maradd91.txt - pg. 2 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1991 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ Virgin Islands | X | | X | X | X ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ NOTE: Changes from 1990--Minnesota did not report previous marital status and number of the marriage. maradd91.txt - pg. 3 RECORDS IN THE SAMPLE, RECORD WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EVENTS, MARRIAGE REGISTRATION AREA AND EACH REGISTRATION STATE, 1991 NUMBER OF SAMPLE ESTIMATED NUMBER AREA RECORDS WEIGHT OF EVENTS MRA TOTAL 1/ 185,779 ... 1,790,352 ALABAMA--------------- 4,178 10 41,780 ALASKA---------------- 2,880 2 5,760 CALIFORNIA------------ 6,100 20 122,000 COLORADO-------------- 3,367 10 33,670 CONNECTICUT----------- 4,928 5 24,640 DELAWARE-------------- 5,348 1 5,348 DIST. OF COLUMBIA----- 4,127 1 4,127 FLORIDA--------------- 6,850 20 137,000 GEORGIA--------------- 3,156 20 63,120 HAWAII---------------- 3,551 5 17,755 IDAHO----------------- 7,175 2 14,350 ILLINOIS-------------- 4,739 20 94,780 INDIANA--------------- 5,126 10 51,260 IOWA------------------ 4,706 5 23,530 KANSAS---------------- 4,358 5 21,790 KENTUCKY-------------- 4,736 10 47,360 LOUISIANA------------- 3,577 10 35,770 MAINE----------------- 5,653 2 11,306 MARYLAND-------------- 4,457 10 44,570 MASSACHUSETTS--------- 4,463 10 44,630 MICHIGAN-------------- 3,634 20 72,680 MINNESOTA------------- 3,285 10 32,850 MISSISSIPPI----------- 4,691 5 23,455 MISSOURI-------------- 4,612 10 46,120 MONTANA--------------- 3,492 2 6,984 NEBRASKA-------------- 6,276 2 12,552 NEW HAMPSHIRE--------- 4,892 2 9,784 NEW JERSEY------------ 2,787 20 55,740 NEW YORK-------------- 4,417 20 88,340 NORTH CAROLINA-------- 4,874 10 48,740 OHIO------------------ 4,760 20 95,200 OREGON---------------- 4,987 5 24,935 PENNSYLVANIA---------- 4,088 20 81,760 RHODE ISLAND---------- 3,770 2 7,540 SOUTH CAROLINA-------- 2,687 20 53,740 SOUTH DAKOTA---------- 3,686 2 7,372 TENNESSEE------------- 3,376 20 67,520 UTAH------------------ 3,894 5 19,470 VERMONT--------------- 2,910 2 5,820 VIRGINIA-------------- 3,438 20 68,760 WEST VIRGINIA--------- 2,482 5 12,410 WISCONSIN------------- 3,778 10 37,780 WYOMING--------------- 2,417 2 4,834 PUERTO RICO----------- 3,322 10 33,220 VIRGIN ISLANDS-------- 2,867 1 2,867 NEW YORK CITY--------- 3,071 20 61,420 1/ MRA TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS. maradd91.txt - pg. 4