Table 1.
Descriptive statistics – children during marriagea
| Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number |
AUD in state (% of number in state) | Total number |
AUD in state (% of number in state) | |
| Married, any time | 299 768 | 3230 (1.1) | 338 193 | 1619 (0.5) |
| Married, no children | 299 465 | 1770 (0.6) | 337 748 | 1045 (0.3) |
| Married, living with child under 7 | 223 294 | 1484 (0.7) | 258 340 | 516 (0.2) |
| Married, living with child aged 8–18 | 92 372 | 801 (0.9) | 115 741 | 407 (0.4) |
a
The samples are not independent in that over our observation period, a number of individuals move from being married with no children to have a child under 7 and some to having a child between the ages of 8 and 18.