Answers from proxy respondents are accepted if respondent is not available. Data are generally limited to women 15-65 years of age. Data for 1971 and 1975 are limited to ever-married women. Outlook There are no plans to continue this survey in the CPS, as most of this information will be contained in future rounds of the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
All files are currently available.
All files are available on public-use mainframe tapes. The supplements ask the marital and fertility history of female respondents in the June round of CPS interviews. The respondents indicate how many times they have been married and the dates when marriages ended in widowhood or divorce. In addition, information is gathered concerning the date at which the respondent actually stopped living with his or her first spouse if that marriage had ended in divorce. Similarly, fertility histories are taken for up to the first four and last birth, and the current residential and living arrangement status of these children is ascertained.