Marital-status research dataset and geographic crosswalk
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Median age at first marriage (male)
Not a rate; a median in years · ACS 1-year
Median age at first marriage (female)
Not a rate; a median in years · ACS 1-year
Currently divorced share
Residents aged 15 and over · ACS 1-year
Currently married, including separated share
Residents aged 15 and over · ACS 1-year
Never married share
Residents aged 15 and over · ACS 1-year
Cohabiting-couple households share
All households · ACS 1-year
Married-couple households share
All households · ACS 1-year
Crude marriage rate
1,000 residents in the reporting area · NVSS provisional administrative data
Crude divorce rate
1,000 residents in the reporting area · NVSS provisional administrative data
European crude marriage rate
1,000 average-year inhabitants · Eurostat annual demographic indicators
European crude divorce rate
1,000 average-year inhabitants · Eurostat annual demographic indicators
Divorces in England and Wales
None; legal events · ONS administrative records
England and Wales divorce rate
1,000 married people · ONS administrative events / population estimates
Marriages ending in divorce by the 20th anniversary
Marriages formed in the indicated cohort year · ONS Table 9b cohort calculation
Married in the past 12 months (people)
Residents aged 15 and over · ACS 1-year
Divorced in the past 12 months (people)
Residents aged 15 and over · ACS 1-year
Median duration of current marriage
Not a rate; median duration in years · ACS 1-year
Same-sex married-couple households share
All households · ACS 1-year
Same-sex cohabiting-couple households share
All households · ACS 1-year