The February 2026 monthly data are available via IPUMS CPS. We have not yet processed the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
Codes
This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.
Description
Marital status - 1976-1988
Unicon Corporation made the following notes about this variable:
CAUTION: PEMARITL is the original edited variable and it has 6 categories. It is marsta2. PRMARSTA is the recoded variable. Since it has 7 categories, it is a better match with the earlier years. It is marstat.
These string values in the original data have been recoded as follows:
blank => -9 : Missing
Universe
- All adult records.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 – 1988 | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
