Data Dictionary: | ACS 2016 (1-Year Estimates) |
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Survey: ACS 2016 (1-Year Estimates)
Data Source: | U.S. Census Bureau |
Data set: American Community Survey 2016 (ACS16)
Table: | B12007F. Median Age At First Marriage (Some Other Race Alone) [2] |
Universe: Universe: Some other race alone population 15 to 54 years
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B12007F. | Median Age At First Marriage (Some Other Race Alone) | ||||||
Universe: Universe: Some other race alone population 15 to 54 years | |||||||
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Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 2016 ACS 1-year and 2012-2016 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation. |
2016 ACS 1-year and 2012-2016 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A: Supplemental Documentation -> 2014 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Marital Status/Marital History -> Median Age at First Marriage |
The median age at first marriage is calculated indirectly by estimating the proportion of young people who will marry during their lifetime, calculating one-half of this proportion, and determining the age (at the time of the survey) of people at this half-way mark by osculatory interpolation. It does not represent the actual median age of the population who married during the calendar year. It is shown to the nearest tenth of a year. Henry S. Shryock and Jacob S. Siegel outline the osculatory procedure in Methods and Materials of Demography, First Edition (May 1973), Volume 1, pages 291-296.
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 2016 ACS 1-year and 2012-2016 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation. |
2016 ACS 1-year and 2012-2016 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A: Supplemental Documentation -> 2014 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Race -> Some Other Race |
Includes all other responses not included in the "White," "Black or African American," "American Indian or Alaska Native," "Asian," and "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" race categories described above. Respondents reporting entries such as multiracial, mixed, interracial, or a Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish group (for example, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or Spanish) in response to the race question are included in this category.