Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1997

TABLE N18. RESIDENT BIRTHS BY MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER NEW JERSEY, 1978-1997
YEAR	TOTAL BIRTHS	MARITAL STATUS*
		MARRIED		NOT MARRIED		NOT STATED
		NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
1978	93,356	75,048	80.4	18,273	19.6	35	0.0
1979	95,672	76,226	79.7	19,411	20.3	35	0.0
1980	96,438	76,033	78.8	20,371	21.1	34	0.0
1981	96,205	75,872	78.9	20,297	21.1	36	0.0
1982	98,225	76,847	78.2	21,354	21.7	24	0.0
1983	98,746	77,060	78.0	21,663	21.9	23	0.0
1984	100,950	78,445	77.7	22,437	22.2	68	0.1
1985	105,295	82,035	77.9	22,178	21.1	1,082	1.0
1986	108,554	84,801	78.1	23,605	21.7	148	0.1
1987	113,271	87,613	77.3	25,387	22.4	271	0.2
1988	117,684	89,029	75.7	27,528	23.4	1,127	1.0
1989	121,629	92,133	75.7	28,917	23.8	579	0.5
1990	122,979	92,807	75.5	29,967	24.4	205	0.2
1991	121,415	89,394	73.6	31,927	26.3	94	0.1
1992	120,446	88,435	73.4	31,924	26.5	87	0.1
1993	117,841	85,763	72.8	31,996	27.2	82	0.1
1994	117,684	84,724	72.0	32,653	27.7	307	0.3
1995	114,905	83,540	72.7	31,248	27.2	117	0.1
1996	114,335	80,502	70.4	31,273	27.4	2,560	2.2
1997	113,332	79,422	70.1	31,345	27.7	2,565	2.3
* Marital status was determined by response to the following items on the birth certificate: For the year 1978 - Item #20 - Legitimate? For years 1979-1988 - Item #18 - Is mother married? For years after 1988 - Item #22 - Mother married? (At birth, conception, or any time between)