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Survey: ACS 2010 (3-Year Estimates)
| Data Source: | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Table: | B12007D. Median Age At First Marriage (Asian Alone) [2] |
Universe: Asian alone population 15 to 54 years
Table Details
Relevant Documentation:
| Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2008-2010 Summary File: Technical Documentation. |
| ACS 2010 3-Year Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A. Supplemental Documentation -> 2010 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Age -> Median Age |
The median age is the age that divides the population into two equal-size groups. Half of the population is older than the median age and half is younger. Median age is based on a standard distribution of the population by single years of age and is shown to the nearest tenth of a year. (See the sections on "Standard Distributions" and "Medians" under "Derived Measures.")
| Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2008-2010 Summary File: Technical Documentation. |
| ACS 2010 3-Year Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A. Supplemental Documentation -> 2010 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; American Community Survey 2008-2010 Summary File: Technical Documentation. |
| ACS 2010 3-Year Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A. Supplemental Documentation -> 2010 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Race -> Asian |
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. It includes people who indicate their race as "Asian Indian," "Chinese," "Filipino," "Korean," "Japanese," "Vietnamese," and "Other Asian" or provide other detailed Asian responses.
Includes people who indicate their race as "Asian Indian" or report entries such as India or East Indian.
Includes people who indicate their race as "Chinese" or report entries such as China or Chinese American.
Includes people who indicate their race as "Filipino" or report entries such as Philippines or Filipino American.
Includes people who indicate their race as "Japanese" or report entries such as Japan or Japanese American.
Includes people who indicate their race as "Korean" or report entries such as Korea or Korean American.
Includes people who indicate their race as "Vietnamese" or report entries such as Vietnam or Vietnamese American.
Includes people who provide a response of another Asian group not shown separately, such as Iwo Jiman, Maldivian, Mongolian, Okinawan, or Singaporean and who reported two or more specified Asian groups (and no other race).
