Marital Status of Women 15 to 44 Years Old at First Birth, by Selected Characteristics: 1990-1994 statistics


					Percent of
					pre-
					maritally
					pregnant
		Percent of first births			women
Characteristic					marrying
	Number		Pre-	Post-	before
	of first	Pre-	maritally	maritally	birth of
	births	marital	conceived	conceived	first
	(1,000)	birth	birth	birth	child

All women, total	7,859	33.6	11.0	55.3	24.7
Age at first birth:
15 to 19 years old	1,873	75.2	13.8	11.0	15.5
20 to 24 years old	2,492	36.9	15.1	48.0	29.0
25 to 29 years old	1,959	11.8	7.2	81.0	37.9
30 to 34 years old	1,159	5.6	7.0	87.4	55.6
35 to 44 years old	376	5.2	2.5	92.3	32.5

Race/ethnicity: ^x
Non-Hispanic White	5,420	24.8	10.9	64.3	30.5
Non-Hispanic Black	1,104	71.9	8.2	19.9	10.2
Non-Hispanic other races	39	72.2	12.4	15.4	14.7
Hispanic	1,296	36.7	14.1	49.3	27.8

Years of school completed:
Not a high school graduate	1,304	63.6	10.5	25.9	14.2
High school graduate (includes GED)	2,612	38.9	14.0	47.1	26.5
Some college, no degree, or associate degree	2,192	30.8	12.2	56.9	28.4
Bachelor's, graduate, or professional degree	1,751	7.0	5.6	87.4	44.4

Citizenship status:
Native born	6,954	34.3	10.9	54.9	24.1
Naturalized citizen	168	25.3	7.6	67.1	23.1
Not a U.S. citizen	738	29.5	13.5	57.0	31.4

Metropolitan residence:
In central cities	2,521	42.5	10.7	46.8	20.1
Outside central cities	3,904	27.3	10.6	62.1	28.0
Nonmetropolitan	1,434	35.3	12.8	51.9	26.6

Region of residence:
Northeast	1,476	31.9	10.4	57.7	24.6
Midwest	1,632	35.8	9.6	54.6	21.1
South	2,823	34.4	11.7	53.9	25.4
West	1,928	32.0	11.8	56.2	26.9

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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148. Marital Status of Women 15 to 44 Years Old at First Birth, by Selected Characteristics: 1990-1994