Marital Status Life Tables (MSLT)

DESCRIPTION: Marital Status Life Tables (MSLT) are extensions of the basic life table model which follow an actual or hypothetical cohort through life and the marital statuses of never married, presently married, widowed, and divorced. The tables are derived from data on age- and marital status-specific rates of marriage, divorce, widowhood, and death from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

References:

Schoen, R. & Standish, N. J. (2001). The retrenchment of marriage: Results from Marital Status Life Tables for the United States, 1995. Population and Development Review, 27, 553-563.

Schoen, R. & Weinick , R. M. (1993). The slowing metabolism of marriage: Figures from 1988 U.S. Marital Status Life Tables. Demography, 30, 737-746. PubMed Abstract

Schoen, R. (1988). Modeling Multigroup Populations. New York: Plenum Press.

Schoen, R. (1987). The continuing retreat from marriage: Figures from 1983 U.S. Marital Status Life Tables. Sociology and Social Research, 71, 108-109.

Schoen, R. (1987). United States marital status life tables for periods 1910-1975 and cohorts born 1888-1945 (NTIS pub. no. PB87-222485). Springfield, VA: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Technical Information Service. 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): Robert Schoen

PROPER CITATION: Schoen, Robert. Marital Status Life Tables [Computer File]. Population Research Institute [distributor]. The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, PA.

DATA DISSEMINATED BY: SodaPop, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University.