1994 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 74 percent of all marriages registered in the United States in 1994. 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 1994, 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 1994, 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 11 percent of all marriages in the MRA were in the marriage sample for 1994. See table B for the sample number, sampling rate, and weighted estimate for every MRA State. maradd94.txt - pg. 1 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1994 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ maradd94.txt - pg. 2 States Reporting Certain Items on Marriage Certificates, 1994 ______________________________________________________________________________ | 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 | ___________________|____________|____________|__________|___________|_________ 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 1993--Pennsylvania revised their certificate in September 1994 and no longer reports race. maradd94.txt - pg. 3 RECORDS IN THE SAMPLE, RECORD WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EVENTS, MARRIAGE REGISTRATION AREA AND EACH REGISTRATION STATE, 1994 NUMBER OF SAMPLE ESTIMATED NUMBER AREA RECORDS WEIGHT OF EVENTS MRA TOTAL 1/ 188,811 ... 1,750,016 ALABAMA--------------- 4,019 10 40,190 ALASKA---------------- 2,775 2 5,550 CALIFORNIA------------ 4,350 20 87,000 COLORADO-------------- 3,461 10 34,610 CONNECTICUT----------- 4,545 5 22,725 DELAWARE-------------- 5,007 1 5,007 DIST. OF COLUMBIA----- 3,541 1 3,541 FLORIDA--------------- 7,145 20 142,900 GEORGIA--------------- 3,115 20 62,300 HAWAII---------------- 3,624 5 18,120 IDAHO----------------- 7,450 2 14,900 ILLINOIS-------------- 4,672 20 93,440 INDIANA--------------- 5,038 10 50,380 IOWA------------------ 4,585 5 22,925 KANSAS---------------- 4,307 5 21,535 KENTUCKY-------------- 4,704 10 47,040 LOUISIANA------------- 4,051 10 40,510 MAINE----------------- 5,489 2 10,978 MARYLAND-------------- 4,315 10 43,150 MASSACHUSETTS--------- 4,254 10 42,540 MICHIGAN-------------- 3,544 20 70,880 MINNESOTA------------- 3,291 10 32,910 MISSISSIPPI----------- 4,574 5 22,870 MISSOURI-------------- 4,505 10 45,050 MONTANA--------------- 3,544 2 7,088 NEBRASKA-------------- 6,320 2 12,640 NEW HAMPSHIRE--------- 4,975 2 9,950 NEW JERSEY------------ 2,641 20 52,820 NEW YORK-------------- 7,262 20 145,240 NORTH CAROLINA-------- 5,145 10 51,450 OHIO------------------ 4,591 20 91,820 OREGON---------------- 5,038 5 25,190 PENNSYLVANIA---------- 3,780 20 75,600 RHODE ISLAND---------- 3,498 2 6,996 SOUTH CAROLINA-------- 2,578 20 51,560 SOUTH DAKOTA---------- 3,764 2 7,528 TENNESSEE------------- 4,081 20 81,620 UTAH------------------ 4,185 5 20,925 VERMONT--------------- 3,040 2 6,080 VIRGINIA-------------- 3,459 20 69,180 WEST VIRGINIA--------- 5,978 5 11,956 WISCONSIN------------- 3,639 10 36,390 WYOMING--------------- 4,862 2 4,862 PUERTO RICO----------- 3,319 10 33,190 VIRGIN ISLANDS-------- 3,454 1 3,454 1/ MRA TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS. maradd94.txt - pg. 4