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White Black Hispanics Asian East Asian Filipino South Asian
Number of marriage by W4
Never married 45.57 69.22 51.04 55.81 64.61 57.97
46.30
one 49.35 29.04 45.68 41.86 35.27 40.02
49.10
two or more 5.07 1.74
3.29
2.33
0.11
2.01
4.60
Cohabitors:
(unweighted N)
5,986 2,262 1,513
620
208
259
150
% end in marriage 54.19 32.20 46.89 44.73 37.13 48.37
49.49
Race of first cohabiting partner
White 86.83 8.05 29.89 27.43 42.13 13.73
26.84
Black 2.76 82.16
6.36
7.40
6.46
4.24
11.16
Hispanics 6.45 5.69 57.67 11.07
7.24 15.82
8.98
Asian 1.81 1.20
2.78 49.00 36.81 60.01
50.77
Other race 2.15 2.89
3.31
5.10
7.36
6.19
2.25
Marrieds:
(unweighted N)
4,642 1,022 1,211
444
114
203
124
% preceded by cohabitation
66.25 59.87 55.05 51.93 57.12
62.22 43.24
Race of first married partner
White 90.10 8.61 23.87 24.74 49.17
13.04 18.61
Black 1.64 81.51
3.16
6.20
3.19
6.11
8.12
Hispanics 5.24 6.37 68.29
7.69
6.96
7.17
7.69
Asian 1.14 0.95
1.66 55.60 40.61
67.31 56.81
Other race 1.87 2.55
3.02
5.77
0.07
6.38
8.77