Table 3.

Women’s Median Age at First Marriage, Cohabitation, and Union by Race and Ethnicity

Variable	1984–1988	1991–1995	1998–2002	2006–2010
Age first marriage
Hispanic	23.1	22.5	23.9	25.7
White	22.8	23.6	24.8	25.6
Black	24.0	25.3	26.9	27.0
Age first cohabitation
Hispanic	22.3	20.8	21.0	20.9
White	22.9	21.9	22.3	21.8
Black	22.9	23.4	23.1	22.6
Age first union
Hispanic	21.3	20.6	21.2	21.2
White	21.9	21.6	21.9	22.3
Black	22.0	21.1	23.3	22.6
First union cohabitation (%)
Hispanic	56.5	54.7	70.1	78.9
White	58.0	65.5	68.0	71.0
Black	65.5	71.5	83.0	81.6

Note: Columns reference the period in which unions were formed.