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. 2009 Aug;46(3):429–449. doi: 10.1353/dem.0.0060

Table 5.

Decomposition of Change in Marital Status, 1950–2000

Marital Status
Total Married Spouse Absent Separated Divorced Widowed Never Married
Composition Effects for Age
  Total 0.00 0.20 0.03 −0.03 0.09 2.19 −2.49
    15–29 −4.77 −1.63 −0.15 −0.07 −0.09 −0.01 −2.81
    30–44 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
    45–59 0.65 0.46 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.05
    60–74 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00
    75+ 4.05 1.36 0.16 0.03 0.11 2.12 0.25
Composition Effects for Sex
  Total 0.00 −0.18 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.17 0.01
    Male −0.65 −0.50 −0.02 −0.01 −0.04 −0.11 0.04
    Female 0.66 0.32 0.02 0.01 0.05 0.28 −0.02
% Distribution Effects for Age
  Total 0.00 −6.32 0.19 0.17 3.71 −1.99 4.24
    15–29 0.00 −3.50 0.16 −0.02 0.17 −0.03 3.21
    30–44 0.00 −2.73 0.02 0.14 1.37 −0.18 1.39
    45–59 0.00 −0.81 −0.08 0.06 1.49 −0.66 0.01
    60–74 0.00 0.42 −0.02 0.00 0.58 −0.72 −0.25
    75+ 0.00 0.30 0.11 0.00 0.11 −0.40 −0.11
% Distribution Effects for Sex
  Total 0.00 −6.32 0.19 0.17 3.71 −1.99 4.24
    Male 0.00 −3.16 0.16 0.06 1.60 −0.59 1.93
    Female 0.00 −3.16 0.03 0.11 2.11 −1.40 2.31
Source of Change
  Composition 0.00 0.02 0.03 −0.03 0.10 2.37 −2.48
  Distribution 0.00 −12.64 0.38 0.33 7.42 −3.98 8.49