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Relative marriage frequency is measured by {{TextTerm|marriage rates|1}} or {{TextTerm|nuptiality rates|1}}, among which the {{TextTerm|crude marriage rate|2}} gives the ratio of the total number of marriages to the total population in a given period. {{TextTerm|Male nuptiality|3}} and {{TextTerm|female nuptiality|4}} are often different, and can be studied separately. The terms {{TextTerm|male nuptiality|3}} and {{TextTerm|female nuptiality|4}} are used for the marriage frequency of the different sexes. A {{TextTerm|sex-specific marriage rate|5}} can be computed with the appropriate population of each sex as a base. It is usual to distinguish between a {{TextTerm|first marriage rate|6}}, which relates the number of ''bachelors'' or ''spinsters'' ({{RefNumber|51|5|3}} and 4) marrying to the total number of bachelors and spinsters respectively and a {{TextTerm|remarriage rate|7}} which relates the number of remarriages to the total number qf widowed and divorced persons. Similar rates can be computed by age or age-group of husband and wife whenever marriages are classified by {{TextTerm|age at marriage|8}} of each spouse; such rates are called {{TextTerm|age-specific marriage rates|9}}. The tabulation of spouses by age at marriage permits the computation of the {{TextTerm|mean age at marriage|10}} or {{TextTerm|average age at marriage|10}} for the given year or period. {{TextTerm|Age differences between spouses|11}} can be analyzed from a classification of the {{TextTerm|combined ages|12}} of the spouses.
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Relative marriage frequency is measured by {{TextTerm|marriage rates|1|520|IndexEntry=marriage rate|OtherIndexEntry=rate, marriage ...}} or {{TextTerm|nuptiality rates|1|520|2|IndexEntry=nuptiality rate|OtherIndexEntry=rate, nuptiality ...}}, among which the {{TextTerm|crude marriage rate|2|520|OtherIndexEntry=marriage rate, crude ...|OtherIndexEntry2=rate, crude marriage ...}} gives the ratio of the total number of marriages to the total population in a given period. {{TextTerm|Male nuptiality|3|520|IndexEntry=male nuptiality|OtherIndexEntry=nuptiality, male ...}} and {{TextTerm|female nuptiality|4|520|OtherIndexEntry=nuptiality, female ...}} are often different, and can be studied separately. The terms male nuptiality and female nuptiality are used for the marriage frequency of the different sexes. A {{TextTerm|sex-specific marriage rate|5|520|OtherIndexEntry=marriage rate, sex-specific ...|OtherIndexEntry2=raten sex-specific marriage ...}} can be computed with the appropriate population of each sex as a base. It is usual to distinguish between a {{TextTerm|first marriage rate|6|520|OtherIndexEntry=marriage rate, first ...|OtherIndexEntry2=rate, first marriage ...}}, which relates the number of {{NonRefTerm|bachelors}} or {{NonRefTerm|spinsters}} ({{RefNumber|51|5|3}} and 4) marrying to the total number of bachelors and spinsters respectively and a {{TextTerm|remarriage rate|7|520|OtherIndexEntry=rate, remarriage ...|OtherIndexEntry2=marriage rate, remarriage rate}} which relates the number of remarriages to the total number of widowed and divorced persons. Similar rates can be computed by age or age-group of husband and wife whenever marriages are classified by {{TextTerm|age at marriage|8|520|OtherIndexEntry=marriage, age at ...}} of each spouse; such rates are called {{TextTerm|age-specific marriage rates|9|520|IndexEntry=age-specific marriage rate|OtherIndexEntry=marriage rate, age-specific|OtherIndexEntry2=rate, age-specific marriage ...}}. The tabulation of spouses by age at marriage permits the computation of the {{TextTerm|mean age at marriage|10|520|OtherIndexEntry=age at marriage, mean ...|OtherIndexEntry2=marriage, mean age at ...}} or {{TextTerm|average age at marriage|10|520|2|OtherIndexEntry=age at marriage, average ...|OtherIndexEntry2=marriage, mean age at ...}} for the given year or period. {{TextTerm|Age differences between spouses|11|520|IndexEntry=age difference between spouses|OtherIndexEntry=spouse, age difference between spouses|OtherIndexEntry2=difference, age ... between spouses}} can be analyzed from a classification of the {{TextTerm|combined ages|12|520|IndexEntry=combined age|OtherIndexEntry=age, combined ...}} of the spouses.
 
{{Note|2| Sometimes the crude marriage rate is obtained by relating the number of newly married persons to the total population.}}
 
{{Note|2| Sometimes the crude marriage rate is obtained by relating the number of newly married persons to the total population.}}
{{Note|9| The terms {{NoteTerm|marriage frequencies}} and {{NoteTerm|first marriage frequencies}} have sometimes been used to refer to the ratio of the number of marriages or first marriages at a certain age, to the total number of persons of that age, irrespective of their marital status. {{NoteTerm|Cumulated marriage frequencies}} and {{NoteTerm|cumulated first marriage frequencies}} are used in cohort studies.}}
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{{Note|9| The terms {{NoteTerm|marriage frequencies|IndexEntry=marriage frequency|OtherIndexEntry=frequency, marriage ...}} and {{NoteTerm|first marriage frequencies|IndexEntry=first marriage frequency|OtherIndexEntry=marriage frequency, first ...|OtherIndexEntry2=frequency, first marriage ...}} have sometimes been used to refer to the ratio of the number of marriages or first marriages at a certain age, to the total number of persons of that age, irrespective of their marital status. {{NoteTerm|Cumulated marriage frequencies|IndexEntry=cumulated marriage frequencies|OtherIndexEntry=frequency, cumulated marriage frequencies|OtherIndexEntry2=marriage frequency, cumulated marriage frequencies}} and {{NoteTerm|cumulated first marriage frequencies|OtherIndexEntry=frequency, cumulated frist marriage frequencies|OtherIndexEntry2=marriage frequency, cumulated first marriage frequencies|OtherIndexEntry3=first marriage frequency, cumulated first marriage frequencies}} are used in cohort studies.}}
  
 
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=== 521 ===
  
The prevalence of marriage in a generation of men or women is measured by the {{TextTerm|proportion never married|1}}. This is usually equivalent to the {{TextTerm|proportion remaining single|2}} at an age such as 50 after which first marriages are rare. The proportion remaining single at each age in a cohort can be computed from {{TextTerm|first marriage probabilities|3}}, i.e. the proportion of single persons at exact age x who will marry before exact age x + 1, assuming that there is no mortality. For practical purposes, however, the proportion remaining single is usually obtained from census data as the {{TextTerm|proportion single|4}} at that age in the corresponding cohort. When a classification of first marriages by age of the spouses is avai lable the {{TextTerm|mean age at first marriage|5}}, the {{TextTerm|median age at first marriage|6}} and the {{TextTerm|modal age at first marriage|7}} can all be computed. In the absence of data on the timing of marriages, it is often possible to compute a {{NoteTerm|singulate mean age at marriage}} from census data on the proportions single by age.
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The prevalence of marriage in a generation of men or women is measured by the {{TextTerm|proportion never married|1|521|OtherIndexEntry=never married, proportion ...|OtherIndexEntry2=married, proportion never ...}}. This is usually equivalent to the {{TextTerm|proportion remaining single|2|521|OtherIndexEntry=remaining single, proportion ...|OtherIndexEntry2=single, proportion remaining ...}} at an age such as 50 after which first marriages are rare. The proportion remaining single at each age in a cohort can be computed from {{TextTerm|first marriage probabilities|3|521|IndexEntry=first marriage probability|OtherIndexEntry=probability, first marriage ...|OtherIndexEntry2=marriage probability, first ...}}, i.e. the proportion of single persons at exact age x who will marry before exact age x + 1, assuming that there is no mortality. For practical purposes, however, the proportion remaining single is usually obtained from census data as the {{TextTerm|proportion single|4|521|OtherIndexEntry=single, proportion ...}} at that age in the corresponding cohort. When a classification of first marriages by age of the spouses is available the {{TextTerm|mean age at first marriage|5|521|OtherIndexEntry=age at first marriage, mean ...|OtherIndexEntry2=first marriage, mean age at ...|OtherIndexEntry2=marriage, mean age at first ...}}, the {{TextTerm|median age at first marriage|6|521|OtherIndexEntry=age at first marriage, median ...|OtherIndexEntry2=first marriage, median age at ...|OtherIndexEntry3=marriage, median age at first ...}} and the {{TextTerm|modal age at first marriage|7|521|OtherIndexEntry=age at first marriage, modal ...|OtherIndexEntry2=first marriage, modal age at ...|OtherIndexEntry3=marriage, modal age at first ...}} can all be computed. In the absence of data on the timing of marriages, it is often possible to compute a {{TextTerm|singulate mean age at marriage|8|521|OtherIndexEntry=age at marriage, singulate mean ...|OtherIndexEntry2=mean age at marriage, singulate ...|OtherIndexEntry3=marriage, singulate mean age at ...}} from census data on the proportions single by age.
  
 
=== 522 ===
 
=== 522 ===
  
{{TextTerm|Nuptiality tables|1}} resemble life tables, and combine various nuptiality functions. The {{TextTerm|gross nuptiality table|1}} includes, by age, the ''first marriage probabilities'' ({{RefNumber|52|1|3}}) and ''proportions remaining single'' ({{RefNumber|52|1|2}}), as well as the {{TextTerm|number of first marriages|2}} in a cohort of given size subjected to the prevailing nuptiality .on the assumption that there is no mortality; it also gives the {{TextTerm|numbers remaining single|3}} at various ages. The {{TextTerm|net nuptiality table|4}} takes mortality as well as nuptiality into account, and is a particular case of ''double decrement tables'' ({{RefNumber|15|3|4}}). Such a table includes the {{TextTerm|single survivors|5}}, the {{TextTerm|ever-married survivors|6}}, the {{TextTerm|probability of single survival|7}} and the {{TextTerm|expectation of unmarried life|8}}.
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{{TextTerm|Nuptiality tables|1|522|IndexEntry=nuptiality table|OtherIndexEntry=table, nuptiality ...}} resemble life tables, and combine various nuptiality functions. The {{TextTerm|gross nuptiality table|1|522|2|OtherIndexEntry=nuptiality table, gross ...|OtherIndexEntry2=table, gross nuptiality ...}} includes, by age, the {{NonRefTerm|first marriage probabilities}} ({{RefNumber|52|1|3}}) and {{NonRefTerm|proportions remaining single}} ({{RefNumber|52|1|2}}), as well as the {{TextTerm|number of first marriages|2|522|OtherIndexEntry=first marriage, number of first marriages|OtherIndexEntry2=marriage, number of first marriages}} in a cohort of given size subjected to the prevailing nuptiality on the assumption that there is no mortality; it also gives the {{TextTerm|numbers remaining single|3|522|IndexEntry=number remaining single|OtherIndexEntry=remaining single, number ...|OtherIndexEntry2=single, number remaining ...}} at various ages. The {{TextTerm|net nuptiality table|4|522|OtherIndexEntry=nuptiality table, net ...|OtherIndexEntry2=table, net nuptiality ...}} takes mortality as well as nuptiality into account, and is a particular case of {{NonRefTerm|double decrement tables}} ({{RefNumber|15|3|4}}). Such a table includes the {{TextTerm|single survivors|5|522|IndexEntry=single survivor|OtherIndexEntry=survivor, single ...}}, the {{TextTerm|ever-married survivors|6|522|IndexEntry=ever-married survivor|OtherIndexEntry=survivor, ever-married ...|OtherIndexEntry2=married, ever-... survivor}}, the {{TextTerm|probability of single survival|7|522|OtherIndexEntry=single survival, probability of ...|OtherIndexEntry2=survival, probability of single ...}} and the {{TextTerm|expectation of unmarried life|8|522|OtherIndexEntry=unmarried life, expectation of ...|OtherIndexEntry2=life, expectation of unmarried ...|OtherIndexEntry3=married, expectation of unmarried life}}.
  
 
=== 523 ===
 
=== 523 ===
  
A {{TextTerm|divorce rate|1}} can be calculated in different ways. The {{TextTerm|crude divorce rate|2}} gives the ratio of the number of divorces to the average population during a given period. The ratio of divorces to the number of married couples is sometimes computed and may be called the {{TextTerm|divorce rate for married persons|3}}. If divorces are tabulated by the age of the divorced person or by duration of marriage, {{TextTerm|age-specific divorce rates|4}} and {{TextTerm|duration-specific divorce rates|5}} can be computed. Another index of divorce frequency is obtained by computing the {{TextTerm|number of divorces per new marriage|6}}.
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A {{TextTerm|divorce rate|1|523|OtherIndexEntry=rate, divorce ...}} can be calculated in different ways. The {{TextTerm|crude divorce rate|2|523|OtherIndexEntry=divorce rate, crude ...|OtherIndexEntry2=rate, crude divorce ...}} gives the ratio of the number of divorces to the average population during a given period. The ratio of divorces to the number of married couples is sometimes computed and may be called the {{TextTerm|divorce rate for married persons|3|523|OtherIndexEntry=married, divorce rate for ...  persons|OtherIndexEntry2=rate, divorce ... for married persons}}. If divorces are tabulated by the age of the divorced person or by duration of marriage, {{TextTerm|age-specific divorce rates|4|523|IndexEntry=age-specific divorce rate|OtherIndexEntry=divorce rate, age-specific ...|OtherIndexEntry2=rate, age-specific divorce ...}} and {{TextTerm|duration-specific divorce rates|5|523|IndexEntry=duration-specific divorce rate|OtherIndexEntry=divorce rate, duration-specific ...|OtherIndexEntry2=rate, duration specific divorce ...}} can be computed. Another index of divorce frequency is obtained by computing the {{TextTerm|number of divorces per new marriage|6|523|OtherIndexEntry=marriage, number of divorces per new|OtherIndexEntry2=new marriage, number of divorces per ...|OtherIndexEntry3=divorce, number of divorces per new marriage}}.
{{Note|6| This is a period measure which relates the divorces of one year, either to the marriages of that year, or to a weighted average of the marriages of several years. In cohort analysis, it is possible to relate divorces in successive years to an initial marriage cohort to compute the {{NoteTerm|cumulated proportion divorced}}.}}
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{{Note|6| This is a period measure which relates the divorces of one year, either to the marriages of that year, or to a weighted average of the marriages of several years. In cohort analysis, it is possible to relate divorces in successive years to an initial marriage cohort to compute the {{NoteTerm|cumulated proportion divorced|OtherIndexEntry=proportion divorced, cumulated ...|OtherIndexEntry2=divorced, cumulated proportion ...}}.}}
  
 
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=== 524 ===
  
When the requisite basic statistics are available, {{NoteTerm|marriage dissolution probabilities}} may be computed, showing for each sex the probability of the marriage being dissolved by death or divorce according to {{TextTerm|duration of marriage|2}}; marriage dissolution tables are an application of double decrement life tables. Remarriage tables for widowed and divorced persons can also be computed, but the most common indices of remarriage are the {{TextTerm|relative frequency of remarriage|3}}, i.e. the proportion of widowed or divorced persons who remarry, often given by age at widowhood or divorce, and by the interval between widowhood or divorce and remarriage. The latter information enables one to compute the {{TextTerm|mean interval between widowhood and remarriage|4}} and the {{TextTerm|mean interval between divorce and remarriage|5}}.
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When the requisite basic statistics are available, {{TextTerm|marriage dissolution probabilities|1|524|IndexEntry=marriage dissolution probability|OtherIndexEntry=dissolution probability, marriage ...|OtherIndexEntry2=probability, marriage dissolution ...}} may be computed, showing for each sex the probability of the marriage being dissolved by death or divorce according to {{TextTerm|duration of marriage|2|524|OtherIndexEntry=marriage, duration of ...}}; marriage dissolution tables are an application of double decrement life tables. Remarriage tables for widowed and divorced persons can also be computed, but the most common indices of remarriage are the {{TextTerm|relative frequency of remarriage|3|524|OtherIndexEntry=remarriage, relative frequency of ...|OtherIndexEntry2=frequency of remarriage, relative ...|OtherIndexEntry3=marriage, relative frequence of remarriage}}, i.e. the proportion of widowed or divorced persons who remarry, often given by age at widowhood or divorce, and by the interval between widowhood or divorce and remarriage. The latter information enables one to compute the {{TextTerm|mean interval between widowhood and remarriage|4|524|IndexEntry=mean interval between widowood and remarriage|OtherIndexEntry=interval between widowhood and remarriage, mean ...|OtherIndexEntry2=widowhood, mean interval between ... and remarriage|OtherIndexEntry3=remarriage, mean interval between widowhood and ...|OtherIndexEntry4=marriage, mean interval between widowhood and remarriage}} and the {{TextTerm|mean interval between divorce and remarriage|5|524|OtherIndexEntry=interval between divorce and remarriage, mean ...|OtherIndexEntry2=divorce, mean interval between ... and remarriage|OtherIndexEntry3=remarriage, mean interval between divorce and ...|OtherIndexEntry4=marriage, mean interval between divorce and remarriage}}.
  
  
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Relative marriage frequency is measured by marriage rates 1 or nuptiality rates 1, among which the crude marriage rate 2 gives the ratio of the total number of marriages to the total population in a given period. Male nuptiality 3 and female nuptiality 4 are often different, and can be studied separately. The terms male nuptiality and female nuptiality are used for the marriage frequency of the different sexes. A sex-specific marriage rate 5 can be computed with the appropriate population of each sex as a base. It is usual to distinguish between a first marriage rate 6, which relates the number of bachelors or spinsters (515-3 and 4) marrying to the total number of bachelors and spinsters respectively and a remarriage rate 7 which relates the number of remarriages to the total number of widowed and divorced persons. Similar rates can be computed by age or age-group of husband and wife whenever marriages are classified by age at marriage 8 of each spouse; such rates are called age-specific marriage rates 9. The tabulation of spouses by age at marriage permits the computation of the mean age at marriage 10 or average age at marriage 10 for the given year or period. Age differences between spouses 11 can be analyzed from a classification of the combined ages 12 of the spouses.

  • 2. Sometimes the crude marriage rate is obtained by relating the number of newly married persons to the total population.
  • 9. The terms marriage frequencies and first marriage frequencies have sometimes been used to refer to the ratio of the number of marriages or first marriages at a certain age, to the total number of persons of that age, irrespective of their marital status. Cumulated marriage frequencies and cumulated first marriage frequencies are used in cohort studies.

521

The prevalence of marriage in a generation of men or women is measured by the proportion never married 1. This is usually equivalent to the proportion remaining single 2 at an age such as 50 after which first marriages are rare. The proportion remaining single at each age in a cohort can be computed from first marriage probabilities 3, i.e. the proportion of single persons at exact age x who will marry before exact age x + 1, assuming that there is no mortality. For practical purposes, however, the proportion remaining single is usually obtained from census data as the proportion single 4 at that age in the corresponding cohort. When a classification of first marriages by age of the spouses is available the mean age at first marriage 5, the median age at first marriage 6 and the modal age at first marriage 7 can all be computed. In the absence of data on the timing of marriages, it is often possible to compute a singulate mean age at marriage 8 from census data on the proportions single by age.

522

Nuptiality tables 1 resemble life tables, and combine various nuptiality functions. The gross nuptiality table 1 includes, by age, the first marriage probabilities (521-3) and proportions remaining single (521-2), as well as the number of first marriages 2 in a cohort of given size subjected to the prevailing nuptiality on the assumption that there is no mortality; it also gives the numbers remaining single 3 at various ages. The net nuptiality table 4 takes mortality as well as nuptiality into account, and is a particular case of double decrement tables (153-4). Such a table includes the single survivors 5, the ever-married survivors 6, the probability of single survival 7 and the expectation of unmarried life 8.

523

A divorce rate 1 can be calculated in different ways. The crude divorce rate 2 gives the ratio of the number of divorces to the average population during a given period. The ratio of divorces to the number of married couples is sometimes computed and may be called the divorce rate for married persons 3. If divorces are tabulated by the age of the divorced person or by duration of marriage, age-specific divorce rates 4 and duration-specific divorce rates 5 can be computed. Another index of divorce frequency is obtained by computing the number of divorces per new marriage 6.

  • 6. This is a period measure which relates the divorces of one year, either to the marriages of that year, or to a weighted average of the marriages of several years. In cohort analysis, it is possible to relate divorces in successive years to an initial marriage cohort to compute the cumulated proportion divorced.

524

When the requisite basic statistics are available, marriage dissolution probabilities 1 may be computed, showing for each sex the probability of the marriage being dissolved by death or divorce according to duration of marriage 2; marriage dissolution tables are an application of double decrement life tables. Remarriage tables for widowed and divorced persons can also be computed, but the most common indices of remarriage are the relative frequency of remarriage 3, i.e. the proportion of widowed or divorced persons who remarry, often given by age at widowhood or divorce, and by the interval between widowhood or divorce and remarriage. The latter information enables one to compute the mean interval between widowhood and remarriage 4 and the mean interval between divorce and remarriage 5.


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