1990 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 1990. 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 1990, 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 1990, 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 1990. See table B for the sample number, sampling rate, and weighted estimate for every MRA State. maradd90.txt - pg. 1 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1990 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ maradd90.txt - pg. 2 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1990 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ maradd90.txt - pg. 3 RECORDS IN THE SAMPLE, RECORD WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EVENTS, MARRIAGE REGISTRATION AREA AND EACH REGISTRATION STATE, 1990 NUMBER OF SAMPLE ESTIMATED NUMBER AREA RECORDS WEIGHT OF EVENTS MRA TOTAL 1/ 193,815 ... 1,869,892 ALABAMA--------------- 4,303 10 43,030 ALASKA---------------- 2,834 2 5,668 CALIFORNIA------------ 6,695 20 133,900 COLORADO-------------- 3,237 10 32,370 CONNECTICUT----------- 5,198 5 25,990 DELAWARE-------------- 5,643 1 5,643 DIST. OF COLUMBIA----- 4,938 1 4,938 FLORIDA--------------- 7,091 20 141,820 GEORGIA--------------- 3,353 20 67,060 HAWAII---------------- 3,662 5 18,310 IDAHO----------------- 7,038 2 14,076 ILLINOIS-------------- 5,032 20 100,640 INDIANA--------------- 5,317 10 53,170 IOWA------------------ 4,986 5 24,930 KANSAS---------------- 4,543 5 22,715 KENTUCKY-------------- 4,977 10 49,770 LOUISIANA------------- 4,008 10 40,080 MAINE----------------- 5,957 2 11,914 MARYLAND-------------- 4,623 10 46,230 MASSACHUSETTS--------- 4,770 10 47,700 MICHIGAN-------------- 3,802 20 76,040 MINNESOTA------------- 3,368 10 33,680 MISSISSIPPI----------- 4,868 5 24,340 MISSOURI-------------- 4,905 10 49,050 MONTANA--------------- 3,463 2 6,926 NEBRASKA-------------- 6,312 2 12,624 NEW HAMPSHIRE--------- 5,268 2 10,536 NEW JERSEY------------ 2,939 20 58,780 NEW YORK-------------- 4,627 20 92,540 NORTH CAROLINA-------- 5,192 10 51,920 OHIO------------------ 4,904 20 98,080 OREGON---------------- 5,068 5 25,340 PENNSYLVANIA---------- 4,198 20 83,960 RHODE ISLAND---------- 4,069 2 8,138 SOUTH CAROLINA-------- 2,787 20 55,740 SOUTH DAKOTA---------- 3,858 2 7,716 TENNESSEE------------- 3,398 20 67,960 UTAH------------------ 3,888 5 19,440 VERMONT--------------- 3,064 2 6,128 VIRGINIA-------------- 3,554 20 71,080 WEST VIRGINIA--------- 2,602 5 13,010 WISCONSIN------------- 3,896 10 38,960 WYOMING--------------- 2,425 2 4,850 PUERTO RICO----------- 3,307 10 33,070 VIRGIN ISLANDS-------- 2,371 1 2,371 NEW YORK CITY--------- 3,155 20 63,100 1/ MRA TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS. maradd90.txt - pg. 4