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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2009 Jun 30;20:279–312. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.13

Table 4. Agreement between self-reports of never married with report by household respondent other than self, by age and sex. ACDIS, 20051.

Age group
Reporting of never married 18-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54
Women
 Number self-reported to be never
 married (N)
1845 544 346 221 220 169 -
 n (%) reported to be never married
 by a different household respondent
1841 (99.8) 539 (99.1) 337 (97.4) 210 (95.0) 205 (93.2) 141 (83.4) -
Men
 Number self-reported to be never
 married (N)
1868 409 272 182 130 105 61
 % reported to be never married by a
 different household respondent
1868 (100) 405 (99.0) 270 (99.3) 176 (96.7) 123 (94.6) 101 (96.2) 54 (88.5)
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Self-reported martial status obtained from the ACDIS general health survey in 2005 (women 15-49 years, men 15-54 years). Household respondent (i.e. not self) report of marital status from routine ACDIS visit in round 2, 2005.