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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2014 Jan 16;34:525–562. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.19

Table A1.

Percentage of respondents who had inconsistent reports of number of times married across survey waves, 2001–2010 MLSFH

Men

Later Survey
2004 2006 2008 2010 Total
Earlier Survey 2001 7.9 7.9 14.6*** 15.5*** 342
2004 - 11.3 15.8** 17.7*** 469
2006 - - 14.3 15.7 642
2008 - - - 11.4 642
Women

Later Survey
2004 2006 2008 2010 Total
Earlier Survey 2001 10.0 10.4 15.5*** 15.5*** 653
2004 - 7.6 11.2*** 12.0*** 792
2006 - - 11.1 10.6 1010
2008 - - - 9.4 1011

Note: Inconsistent reports of number of times married refers to instances where a higher number of marriages were reported in the earlier survey than in the later survey. Significance levels are relative to the earliest survey wave in which the respondent participated.

***

p<0.001,

**

p<0.01,

*

p<0.05