1993 Divorce Addendum to the "Technical Appendix" of Vital Statistics of the United States, 1988, Volume III--Marriage and Divorce REGISTRATION AREAS Divorces granted in the divorce-registration area (DRA) accounted for 49 percent of all divorces in the United States in 1993. STANDARD CERTIFICATES A third revision of the standard certificate was recommended to the States for use beginning January 1, 1989. On the divorce certificate, the item requesting the number of children born alive of this marriage was deleted; the item requesting the number of children under 18 in this family was changed to the number of children under 18 in this household as of the date the couple last resided in the same household; and an item was added requesting the number of children under 18 whose physical custody was awarded to: husband, wife, joint, or other. In early 1989, most States implemented revised certificates that closely resembled the standard. However, some States continued to use previous versions or they revised their certificates but left out items included on the standard. In 1993, all DRA States reported the State of residence of the husband and wife, the date of the divorce and marriage, and the number of children under 18 in this household (or comparable information). For the remaining items, see table A for a listing of the States which reported each item. In 1993, NCHS did not use to use the following items on the divorce certificate: date couple separated, petitioner, education of husband/wife, and if previously married, how many ended by death/divorce. SAMPLING PROCEDURES About 22 percent of all divorces in the DRA were in the divorce sample for 1993. See table B for the sample number, sampling rate, and weighted estimate for every DRA State. div93ad.txt - pg. 1 States Reporting Certain Items on Divorce Certificates, 1993 ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | Custody |Number of | | Date of | Age | of |Marriage | Race of | Birth of | of | Children |for | Husband/ Area |Husband/Wife|Husband/Wife| Under 18 |Husband/Wife| Wife __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Alabama | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Alaska | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Connecticut | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Delaware | X | | 1 | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ District of | | | | | Columbia | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Georgia | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Hawaii | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Idaho | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Illinois | X | X | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Iowa | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Kansas | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Kentucky | | X | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Maryland | | X | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Massachusetts | X | | | X | __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Michigan | X | | X | X | __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Missouri | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Montana | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Nebraska | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ New Hampshire | X | | X | X | __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ New York | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Ohio | X | | | X | __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ div93ad.txt - pg. 2 States Reporting Certain Items on Divorce Certificates, 1993 ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | Custody |Number of | | Date of | Age | of |Marriage | Race of | Birth of | of | Children |for | Husband/ Area |Husband/Wife|Husband/Wife| Under 18 |Husband/Wife| Wife __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Oregon | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Pennsylvania | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Rhode Island | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ South Carolina | X | | | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ South Dakota | | X | X | | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Tennessee | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Utah | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Vermont | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Virginia | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Wisconsin | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Wyoming | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ Virgin Islands | X | | X | X | X __________________|____________|____________|__________|____________|_________ 1) Has this item on their certificate but does not collect the information. div93ad.txt - pg. 3 RECORDS IN THE SAMPLE, RECORD WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EVENTS, DIVORCE REGISTRATION AREA AND EACH REGISTRATION STATE, 1993 NUMBER OF SAMPLE ESTIMATED NUMBER AREA RECORDS WEIGHT OF EVENTS DRA TOTAL 1/ 127,708 ... 577,710 ALABAMA--------------- 5,437 5 27,185 ALASKA---------------- 3,458 1 3,458 CONNECTICUT----------- 5,706 2 11,412 DELAWARE-------------- 3,175 1 3,175 DIST. OF COLUMBIA----- 2,229 1 2,229 GEORGIA--------------- 3,828 10 38,280 HAWAII---------------- 4,888 1 4,888 IDAHO----------------- 3,448 2 6,896 ILLINOIS-------------- 4,318 10 43,180 IOWA------------------ 5,349 2 10,698 KANSAS---------------- 6,030 2 12,060 KENTUCKY-------------- 4,328 5 21,640 MARYLAND-------------- 3,405 5 17,025 MASSACHUSETTS--------- 2,887 5 14,435 MICHIGAN-------------- 4,042 10 40,420 MISSOURI-------------- 5,283 5 26,415 MONTANA--------------- 4,311 1 4,311 NEBRASKA-------------- 3,154 2 6,308 NEW HAMPSHIRE--------- 5,058 1 5,058 NEW YORK-------------- 2,776 20 55,520 OHIO------------------ 5,071 10 50,710 OREGON---------------- 3,269 5 16,345 PENNSYLVANIA---------- 4,031 10 40,310 RHODE ISLAND---------- 3,358 1 3,358 SOUTH CAROLINA-------- 2,946 5 14,730 SOUTH DAKOTA---------- 2,895 1 2,895 TENNESSEE------------- 3,304 10 33,040 UTAH------------------ 4,397 2 8,794 VERMONT--------------- 2,877 1 2,877 VIRGINIA-------------- 5,899 5 29,495 WISCONSIN------------- 3,503 5 17,515 WYOMING--------------- 3,048 1 3,048 VIRGIN ISLANDS-------- 468 1 468 1/ DRA TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. div93ad.txt - pg. 4