November 2025 monthly data are now available via IPUMS CPS. Note that October data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
Codes and Frequencies
Description
Marital status - 1989-2025_11
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
- 1989-1993: All adult and Armed Forces records.
- 1994+: All adult records.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 – 2024 | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 2025 | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | - |
