Age when first married

agewed

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Are you currently–married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married? A. IF EVER MARRIED: How old were you when you first married?

Values

• [NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
D/-/-	2006
Full	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for agewed.

Counts by year:

year	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	42	43	45	46	48	52	55	58	iap	no answer	41	44	63	49	51	60	12	50	73	don't know	47	56	62	68	54	61	53	57	59	65	70	90	not available in this year	Total
1972	4	8	18	41	81	146	131	153	172	136	105	80	73	47	42	42	22	17	14	7	9	6	10	4	3	5	5	2	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	210	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	2	6	15	37	87	136	138	120	176	114	101	79	61	54	31	29	31	25	8	13	7	4	8	2	5	-	3	6	1	2	2	1	-	-	1	-	193	1	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1	6	15	43	66	129	149	138	187	111	93	73	74	44	28	21	21	26	10	13	12	8	5	4	2	4	2	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	184	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	2	6	15	55	72	130	134	132	173	109	85	68	78	37	35	25	22	17	14	14	4	5	10	5	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	211	9	2	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	5	11	12	33	76	135	132	117	156	120	112	80	70	52	47	25	23	25	7	9	8	8	6	2	1	2	2	4	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	207	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1	6	11	56	71	126	135	127	161	129	89	73	68	47	51	32	24	19	9	17	7	7	6	2	4	4	1	3	4	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	225	4	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	4	4	16	43	77	132	171	135	160	107	97	88	62	39	30	25	19	21	10	9	7	5	6	4	2	1	4	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	237	7	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1	5	16	41	81	135	143	130	154	88	92	93	58	49	28	16	17	13	7	10	4	7	6	3	1	2	3	4	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	242	11	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1	7	27	48	86	167	184	150	183	133	101	83	75	59	50	24	23	27	12	7	9	6	7	5	4	4	2	4	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	351	5	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	2	4	13	43	82	128	145	137	176	112	103	89	85	44	37	30	15	22	7	14	9	3	3	2	-	5	4	3	1	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	265	8	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	-	1	13	47	70	116	140	130	147	117	69	78	56	41	26	31	17	13	11	8	8	6	7	5	3	3	2	3	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	282	15	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	-	3	12	41	68	138	150	137	163	104	93	77	63	48	52	29	13	21	12	5	4	4	7	3	2	-	3	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	268	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1	3	10	35	74	132	133	117	143	128	81	70	76	49	34	26	18	13	10	9	4	8	5	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	266	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	6	7	19	45	70	161	156	140	180	108	113	85	87	48	44	36	21	22	12	8	8	-	8	4	1	4	6	-	6	1	3	1	-	2	2	-	380	21	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1	4	7	38	70	139	138	127	144	92	83	66	63	45	49	28	9	19	6	11	5	2	6	3	6	2	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	298	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1	4	12	37	63	121	136	136	162	87	116	72	64	32	45	28	28	27	9	14	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	301	13	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	-	5	8	26	61	94	107	122	132	102	79	61	68	48	47	30	20	25	11	11	9	-	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	265	17	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	2	9	12	43	53	133	123	105	140	97	97	74	66	38	43	31	20	18	11	13	8	11	5	2	6	2	4	4	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	324	12	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1	4	8	36	47	126	137	129	145	106	90	88	79	63	54	29	36	27	18	21	11	5	7	7	3	4	-	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	300	12	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	1	-	9	30	52	126	106	126	131	96	98	84	80	40	41	34	30	32	17	10	12	10	6	4	-	2	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1790	10	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2992
2006	2	3	4	25	46	117	98	111	139	95	83	72	71	54	53	32	23	25	15	15	12	11	11	3	5	5	4	9	2	2	1	2	2	2	-	-	3342	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	4510
Total	38	106	272	843	1453	2767	2886	2719	3324	2291	1980	1633	1477	978	867	603	452	454	230	238	160	119	135	72	58	62	56	62	35	22	23	9	7	9	8	5	10141	187	18	12	2	8	3	4	4	8	2	19	7	4	1	1	6	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	36890

See also

Other Core: indstatus, indtag, indus10, marital, martype, occstatus, occtag, prestg10, prestg105plus

Other Family: marital

Other Marital Status: marital