Living Arrangements
o Percentage of adult population in 1993 comprised of unmarried
adults: 39
o Percentage of never-married women age 30 to 34 in 1993: 19
o Percentage of never-married women age 30 to 34 in 1970: 6
o Percentage of never-married men age 30 to 34 in 1993: 30
o Percentage of never-married men age 30 to 34 in 1970: 9
o Number of unmarried couples per 100 married couples in 1993:
6
o Number of unmarried couples per 100 married couples in 1970:
1
o Number of currently divorced persons in 1993, in millions:
16.7
o Number of currently divorced persons in 1970, in millions:
4.3
o Median age of males at first marriage in 1993: 26.5 years
o Median age of males at first marriage in 1975: 23.5 years
o Median age of women at first marriage in 1993: 24.5 years
o Median age of women at first marriage in 1975: 21.1 years
o Number of unmarried couple households in 1993, in millions:
3.5
o Number of unmarried couple households in 1970, in millions:
0.5
o Percentage of children under 18 living with one parent, in 1993:
27
o Percentage of children under 18 living with one parent, in 1970:
12
o Percentage of children in single-parent home living with mother,
in 1993: 87
o Percentage of children in single-parent home living with father,
in 1993: 13
o Percentage of children in single-parent home living with father,
in 1970: 9
o Percentage of white children living with one parent, in 1993:
21
o Percentage of black children living with one parent, in 1993:
57
o Percentage of Hispanic children living with one parent, in 1993:
32
o Likelihood that a child in a one-parent situation was living with
a divorced parent, in 1982: 2 of 3
o Likelihood that a child in a one-parent situation was living with
a never-married parent, in 1993: 1 of 2
o Number of births to unmarried women, in 1991, in millions:
1.2
o Number of births to unmarried women, in 1980, in millions:
0.7
Source: Current Population Reports: Marital Status and Living
Arrangements; March 1993, by Arlene Saluter, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Bureau of the Census, May 1994
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