1993 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 75 percent of all marriages registered in the United States in 1993. 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 1993, 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 1993, 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 1993. See table B for the sample number, sampling rate, and weighted estimate for every MRA State. maradd93.txt - pg. 1 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1993 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ maradd93.txt - pg. 2 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1993 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 1992--Minnesota began reporting date of birth and ceased to report age. Minnesota also began reporting previous marital status and number of the marriage. maradd93.txt - pg. 3 RECORDS IN THE SAMPLE, RECORD WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EVENTS, MARRIAGE REGISTRATION AREA AND EACH REGISTRATION STATE, 1993 NUMBER OF SAMPLE ESTIMATED NUMBER AREA RECORDS WEIGHT OF EVENTS MRA TOTAL 1/ 181,697 ... 1,748,052 ALABAMA--------------- 4,012 10 40,120 ALASKA---------------- 2,856 2 5,712 CALIFORNIA------------ 4,951 20 99,020 COLORADO-------------- 3,406 10 34,060 CONNECTICUT----------- 4,562 5 22,810 DELAWARE-------------- 5,007 1 5,007 DIST. OF COLUMBIA----- 3,588 1 3,588 FLORIDA--------------- 7,094 20 141,880 GEORGIA--------------- 3,081 20 61,620 HAWAII---------------- 3,452 5 17,260 IDAHO----------------- 7,420 2 14,840 ILLINOIS-------------- 4,579 20 91,580 INDIANA--------------- 4,991 10 49,910 IOWA------------------ 4,562 5 22,810 KANSAS---------------- 4,305 5 21,525 KENTUCKY-------------- 4,659 10 46,590 LOUISIANA------------- 3,942 10 39,420 MAINE----------------- 5,603 2 11,206 MARYLAND-------------- 4,293 10 42,930 MASSACHUSETTS--------- 4,237 10 42,370 MICHIGAN-------------- 3,536 20 70,720 MINNESOTA------------- 3,269 10 32,690 MISSISSIPPI----------- 4,651 5 23,255 MISSOURI-------------- 4,438 10 44,380 MONTANA--------------- 3,521 2 7,042 NEBRASKA-------------- 6,168 2 12,336 NEW HAMPSHIRE--------- 4,810 2 9,620 NEW JERSEY------------ 2,666 20 53,320 NEW YORK-------------- 7,555 20 151,100 NORTH CAROLINA-------- 4,728 10 47,280 OHIO------------------ 4,477 20 89,540 OREGON---------------- 4,971 5 24,855 PENNSYLVANIA---------- 3,859 20 77,180 RHODE ISLAND---------- 3,568 2 7,136 SOUTH CAROLINA-------- 2,660 20 53,200 SOUTH DAKOTA---------- 3,707 2 7,414 TENNESSEE------------- 3,762 20 75,240 UTAH------------------ 4,037 5 20,185 VERMONT--------------- 2,969 2 5,938 VIRGINIA-------------- 3,429 20 68,580 WEST VIRGINIA--------- 2,341 5 11,705 WISCONSIN------------- 3,641 10 36,410 WYOMING--------------- 2,334 2 4,668 PUERTO RICO----------- 3,327 10 33,270 VIRGIN ISLANDS-------- 3,646 1 3,646 1/ MRA TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS. maradd93.txt - pg. 4