EXERCISE 1 - TABLE 7 Selected marriage measures.

1. Calculate the crude marriage rate for US population in 1980.

CMR =    (No. of marriages/ Population)*1000

Look up the number of marriages. NCHS. Vital statistics of the US.
Vol. III - Marriages & Divorces. 1980.

2. Calculate the general marriage rate.

GMR =    (No. of marriages / Female Pop aged 15+) * 1000


3. Fill in column 1 for this exercise. We will finish this table
later in the course.
Calculate the singulate mean age at marriage for females, US: 1980.
                  No. who  Percent  Years spent as single
         Female   are      never            Sum single  Ave % single
AGE      Pop      single   marry    15*100  (15-49)*5   45-49.50-54
15-19    10408943  9490016
20-24    10654502  5450056
25-29     9793296  2111744
30-34     8953943   951028
35-39     7109659   479202
40-44     5957689   314845
45-49     5679017   265239
50-54     6096136   282463


(1)e21+g21        (2)-i21*50                (3)=(1)-(2)
    0.00              0.00                       0.00
(1)Sum of person  (2)No. yrs single by      (3) Total person
years single      those not marrying        yrs not married
ages thru age 49  by age 50

(4)100-i21         (3)/(4)
  100.00              0.00
(4)%married
by age 50




See either Sec. 4.2.2 in Wunsch & Termote, pp. 132-136 or Newell,
pp. 97-101.




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