1991 Divorce Addendum to the "Technical Appendix" of Vital Statistics of the United States, 1988, Volume III--Marriage and Divorce REGISTRATION AREAS Divorces granted in the divorce-registration area (DRA) accounted for 49 percent of all divorces in the United States in 1991. STANDARD CERTIFICATES A third revision of the standard certificate was recommended to the States for use beginning January 1, 1989. On the divorce certificate, the item requesting the number of children born alive of this marriage was deleted; the item requesting the number of children under 18 in this family was changed to the number of children under 18 in this household as of the date the couple last resided in the same household; and an item was added requesting the number of children under 18 whose physical custody was awarded to: husband, wife, joint, or other. 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 1991, all DRA States reported the State of residence of the husband and wife, the date of the divorce and marriage, and the number of children under 18 in this household (or comparable information). For the remaining items, see table A for a listing of the States which reported each item. In 1991, NCHS did not use to use the following items on the divorce certificate: date couple separated, petitioner, education of husband/wife, and if previously married, how many ended by death/divorce. SAMPLING PROCEDURES About 22 percent of all divorces in the DRA were in the divorce sample for 1991. See table B for the sample number, sampling rate, and weighted estimate for every DRA State. div91ad.txt - pg. 1 States Reporting Certain Items on Divorce Certificates, 1991 ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | Custody |Number of | | Date of | Age | of |Marriage | Race of | Birth of | of | Children |for | Husband/ Area |Husband/Wife|Husband/Wife| Under 18 |Husband/Wife| Wife __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Alabama | X | X | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Alaska | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Connecticut | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Delaware | X | | 1 | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ District of | | | | | Columbia | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Georgia | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Hawaii | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Idaho | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Illinois | X | X | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Iowa | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Kansas | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Kentucky | | X | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Maryland | | X | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Massachusetts | X | | | X | __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Michigan | X | | X | X | __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Missouri | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Montana | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Nebraska | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ New Hampshire | X | X | X | X | __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ New York | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Ohio | X | X | | X | __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ div91ad.txt - pg. 2 States Reporting Certain Items on Divorce Certificates, 1991 ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | Custody |Number of | | Date of | Age | of |Marriage | Race of | Birth of | of | Children |for | Husband/ Area |Husband/Wife|Husband/Wife| Under 18 |Husband/Wife| Wife __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Oregon | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Pennsylvania | X | X | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Rhode Island | X | X | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ South Carolina | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ South Dakota | | X | X | | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Tennessee | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Utah | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Vermont | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Virginia | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Wisconsin | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Wyoming | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Virgin Islands | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Revised on 3/10/95 to reflect Delaware nonreporting of Custody 1) Has this item on their certificate but does not collect the information. div91ad.txt - pg. 3 RECORDS IN THE SAMPLE, RECORD WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EVENTS, DIVORCE REGISTRATION AREA AND EACH REGISTRATION STATE, 1991 NUMBER OF SAMPLE ESTIMATED NUMBER AREA RECORDS WEIGHT OF EVENTS DRA TOTAL 1/ 127,687 ... 580,730 ALABAMA--------------- 5,325 5 26,625 ALASKA---------------- 2,966 1 2,966 CONNECTICUT----------- 5,511 2 11,022 DELAWARE-------------- 3,009 1 3,009 DIST. OF COLUMBIA----- 2,177 1 2,177 GEORGIA--------------- 3,818 10 38,180 HAWAII---------------- 5,184 1 5,184 IDAHO----------------- 3,314 2 6,628 ILLINOIS-------------- 4,581 10 45,810 IOWA------------------ 5,470 2 10,940 KANSAS---------------- 6,293 2 12,586 KENTUCKY-------------- 4,230 5 21,150 MARYLAND-------------- 3,384 5 16,920 MASSACHUSETTS--------- 2,996 5 14,980 MICHIGAN-------------- 4,007 10 40,070 MISSOURI-------------- 5,153 5 25,765 MONTANA--------------- 4,443 1 4,443 NEBRASKA-------------- 3,329 2 6,658 NEW HAMPSHIRE--------- 4,915 1 4,915 NEW YORK-------------- 2,828 20 56,560 OHIO------------------ 5,240 10 52,400 OREGON---------------- 3,169 5 15,845 PENNSYLVANIA---------- 4,000 10 40,000 RHODE ISLAND---------- 3,337 1 3,337 SOUTH CAROLINA-------- 3,035 5 15,175 SOUTH DAKOTA---------- 2,862 1 2,862 TENNESSEE------------- 3,315 10 33,150 UTAH------------------ 4,401 2 8,802 VERMONT--------------- 2,884 1 2,884 VIRGINIA-------------- 5,598 5 27,990 WISCONSIN------------- 3,696 5 18,480 WYOMING--------------- 3,217 1 3,217 VIRGIN ISLANDS-------- 364 1 364 1/ DRA TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. div91ad.txt - pg. 4