Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1997 (Update). Population Characteristics. Current Population Reports

摘要

Detailed tabulations are now available which provide statistics on the marital status and living arrangements of people in the United States, based on the March 1997 Current Population Survey. These tables provide information such as: These tables provide information such as: (1) In 1997, 109.2 million adults (55.9 percent of the adult population) were married and living with their spouse. (2) The median age at first marriage was 26.8 years for men and 25.0 years for women. (3) Among people age 25 to 34 years old, 13.9 million had never been married, representing 34.5 percent of all people in the age group. (4) In 1997, 19.3 million adults were currently divorced, representing 9.9 percent of this population. (5) Nearly half (46.3 percent) of women 65 years old and over were widowed. (6) There were 4.1 million unmarried couple households. (7) About 19.8 million children under 18 lived with one parent (27.9 percent of all children under 18). (8) The majority of children who lived with a single parent in 1997 lived with their mother (84.5 percent). (9) In 1997, 20.7 percent of married-couple householders were women.