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Title: Marriage, Divorce, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2022

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DOI: 10.1177/23780231211006976

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Abstract: This Profile examines marriage and divorce in the years preceding and following the first year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Using administrative data from the National Center for Health Statistics, and survey estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and IPUMSUSA, we deconstruct state-level crude marriage and divorce rates (rates per 1,000 total population) and compute adjusted rates (rates per 1,000 women eligible for a marriage or a divorce) for the years 2010 through 2020. Then, using a demographic technique like that employed to quantify excess mortality, we estimate p-scores between the expected number of marriages and divorces for 2020 and the number observed. The expected 2020 marital events are based on the percent change in the respective observed number by state between 2018 and 2019.

Url: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1279&context=ncfmr_family_profiles

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Authors: Westrick-Payne, Krista; Manning, Wendy D.

Series Title: National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

Publication Number: FP-22-12

Institution: Bowling Green State University

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Health

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