Comparability of Marital Status, Race, Nativity, and Country of Origin on the Death Certificate and Matching Census Record, United States, May-August 1960

摘要

The report compares the statements of marital status, race, nativity, and country of origin on the death certificate with those on the matching census records. Differences in statements are discussed in terms of their effect on death rates, which are based on death certificate and census information.