Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Weed, James A.

National estimates of marriage dissolution and survivorshlp.

(Vital and health statistics: Series 3, Analytical studies; no. 19) (DHHS publication; no.

(PHS) 81-1403)

At head of title: Data from the National vital statistics system.

Includes bibliography, cal references.

1. Marriage-United States–3tatistics. 2. Divorce–United States–Statistics. 3. United

States–Statistics, Vital. I. Title. II. Title: Data from the National vital statistics system.

III. Series: United States. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital and health statistics:

Series 3, Analytical studies; no. 19. IV. Series: United States. Dept. of Health and Human

Services. DHHS publication; no. (PHS) 81-1403.

HQ536,W37 306.8’0973 80-24046

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VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS Series

Series 1. Programs and Collection Procedures. –Reports which describe the general programs ot the National

Center for Health Statistics and its offices and divisions and data collection methods used and include

definitions and other material necessary for understanding the data.

Series 2. Data Evaluation and Methods Research. –Studies of new statistical methodology including experimental tests of new survey methods, studies of vital statistics collection methods, new analytical

techniques, objective evaluations of reliability of collected data, and contributions to statistical theory.

Series 3. Analyti”caJ Studies. –Reports presenting analytical or interpretive studies based on vital and health

statistics, carrying the analysis further than the expository types of reports in the other series.

Series 4. Documents and Committee Reports. –Final reports of major committees concerned with vital and

health statistics and documents such as recommended model vital registration laws and revised birth

and death certificates.

Series 10. Data From the Health Interview Survey .–Statistics on illness, accidental injuries, disability, use ~f

hospital, medical, dental, and other services, and other health-related topics, all based on data collected

in a continuing national household interview survey.

$eri(.s 11. Data fro rrr the Health Examination Survey and the Health and A’ut.rition Examination Survey .–Data

from direct examination, testing, and measurement of national samples of the civilian noninstitutionalized population provide the basis for two types of reports: (1) estimates of the medically defined

prevalence of specific diseases in the United States and the distributions of the population with respect

to physical, physiological, and psychological characteristics and (2) analysis of relationships among the

various measurements without reference to an explicit finite universe of persons.

Series 12. Data From the Institutionalized Population Survey s.–Discontinued effective 1975. Future reports from

these surveys will be in Series 13.

Series 1.3. Data on Health Resources Utilization. –Statistics on the utilization (,I health manpower and facilities

providing long-term care, ambulatory care, hospital care, and family planning services.

Series 14. Data on Health Resources: Manpower and Facilities. --Statistics on the numbers, geographic distribution. and characteristics of health resources including physicians, dentists, nurses, other health

occupations, hospitals, nursing homes, and outpatient facilities.

Series 20. Data on Mortality. –Various statistics on mortality other than as included in regular annual or monthly

reports. Special analyses by cause of death, age, and other demographic variables; geographic and time

series analyses; and statistics on characteristics of deaths not available from the vital records based on

sample surveys of those records.

Se~ies 21. Data on Natality, Marriage, and Divorce. –Various statistics on natality, marriage, and divorce other

than as included in regular annual or monthly reports. Special ana!yses by demographic variables;

geographic and time series analyses; studies of fertility; and statistics on characteristics of births not

available from the vital records based on sample surveys of those records.

Series 22. Data From the National Mortality and Natality Survey s.--Discontinued effective 1975. Future reports

from these sample surveys based on vital records will be included in Series 20 and 21, respectively.

Series 23. Data From the National Survey of Family Growth. –Statistics on fertility, family formation and dissolution, family planning, and related maternal and infant health topics derived from a biennial survey

of a nationwide probability sample of ever-married women 15-44 years of age.

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