TABLE
N29. LIVE BIRTHS BY MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER
NEW
JERSEY, 1979-1999 |
| YEAR |
TOTAL
BIRTHS |
MARRIED |
NOT
MARRIED |
NOT
STATED |
| NUMBER |
PERCENT |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
| 1979 |
95,672 |
76,226 |
79.7 |
19,411 |
20.3 |
35 |
0.0 |
| 1980 |
96,438 |
76,033 |
78.8 |
20,371 |
21.1 |
34 |
0.0 |
| 1981 |
96,205 |
75,872 |
78.9 |
20,297 |
21.1 |
36 |
0.0 |
| 1982 |
98,225 |
76,847 |
78.2 |
21,354 |
21.7 |
24 |
0.0 |
| 1983 |
98,746 |
77,060 |
78.0 |
21,663 |
21.9 |
23 |
0.0 |
| 1984 |
100,950 |
78,445 |
77.7 |
22,437 |
22.2 |
68 |
0.1 |
| 1985 |
105,295 |
82,035 |
77.9 |
22,178 |
21.1 |
1,082 |
1.0 |
| 1986 |
108,554 |
84,801 |
78.1 |
23,605 |
21.7 |
148 |
0.1 |
| 1987 |
113,271 |
87,613 |
77.3 |
25,387 |
22.4 |
271 |
0.2 |
| 1988 |
117,684 |
89,029 |
75.7 |
27,528 |
23.4 |
1,127 |
1.0 |
| 1989 |
121,629 |
92,133 |
75.7 |
28,917 |
23.8 |
579 |
0.5 |
| 1990 |
122,979 |
92,807 |
75.5 |
29,967 |
24.4 |
205 |
0.2 |
| 1991 |
121,415 |
89,394 |
73.6 |
31,927 |
26.3 |
94 |
0.1 |
| 1992 |
120,446 |
88,435 |
73.4 |
31,924 |
26.5 |
87 |
0.1 |
| 1993 |
117,841 |
85,763 |
72.8 |
31,996 |
27.2 |
82 |
0.1 |
| 1994 |
117,684 |
84,724 |
72.0 |
32,653 |
27.7 |
307 |
0.3 |
| 1995 |
114,905 |
83,540 |
72.7 |
31,248 |
27.2 |
117 |
0.1 |
| 1996 |
114,335 |
80,502 |
70.4 |
31,273 |
27.4 |
2,560 |
2.2 |
| 1997 |
113,332 |
79,422 |
70.1 |
31,345 |
27.7 |
2,565 |
2.3 |
| 1998 |
113,850 |
79,332 |
69.7 |
31,887 |
28.0 |
2,631 |
2.3 |
| 1999 |
113,810 |
79,101 |
69.5 |
31,898 |
28.0 |
2,811 |
2.5 |
| Marital
status was determined by response to the following items on the
birth certificate: |
|
For years 1979-1988 - Item #18 - Is mother married? |
|
For years after 1988 - Item #22 - Mother married? (At birth, conception,
or any time between) |
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