Table 2

Characteristics of currently married women in the 1900–1910 linked data set

Census Year
Measure19001910
No. of Children Ever Born 2.815 4.965 
No. of Children Surviving 2.480 4.170 
Age-group   
 15–19 0.031  
 20–24 0.238  
 25–29 0.378 0.040 
 30–34 0.354 0.228 
 35–39  0.383 
 40–44  0.348 
Age Difference From Spouse −4.753 −4.835 
Residence Type and Population   
 Rural, <2,500 0.647 0.607 
 Urban, 2,500–9,999 0.073 0.081 
 Urban, 10,000–99,999 0.114 0.132 
 Urban, 100,000–499,999 0.073 0.081 
 Urban, ≥500,000  0.095 0.099 
Woman's Literacy 0.935 0.952 
Spouse's Literacy 0.929 0.949 
Race and Nativity   
 Black 0.056 0.057 
 Native-born of native-born parents 0.642 0.640 
 Second generation (native-born of foreign parent(s)) 0.201 0.201 
 Foreign-born 0.158 0.159 
 Spouse native-born of native parents 0.629 0.629 
 Spouse second generation 0.185 0.185 
 Spouse foreign-born 0.186 0.186 
Enumerated With a Paid Labor Force Occupation 0.021 0.065 
Spouse's Occupation Group   
 Professional 0.030 0.025 
 Farmer 0.355 0.363 
 Manager/official/proprietor 0.054 0.081 
 Clerical/sales 0.047 0.052 
 Craftsman 0.131 0.141 
 Operative/apprentice 0.099 0.071 
 Service worker 0.019 0.021 
 Farm laborer 0.046 0.027 
 Laborer 0.185 0.210 
 Nonoccupational response 0.035 0.010 
Woman Interstate Migrant 0.194 0.235 
Spouse Interstate Migrant (native-born residing outside state of birth) 0.215 0.248 
Coresidence of Parents and Parents-in-Law   
 Mother coresident 0.040 0.035 
 Father coresident 0.023 0.016 
 Mother-in-law coresident 0.044 0.024 
 Father-in-law coresident 0.034 0.010 
Coresidence of Female Servants 0.047 0.045 
Estimated Measures of Spouse's Kin Outside the Household   
 Adult surname kin density (per 1,000) 3.360 3.020 
 Mother-in-law residing within five households 0.084 0.040 
No. of cases 2,047,694 2,047,694 
Census Year
Measure19001910
No. of Children Ever Born 2.815 4.965 
No. of Children Surviving 2.480 4.170 
Age-group   
 15–19 0.031  
 20–24 0.238  
 25–29 0.378 0.040 
 30–34 0.354 0.228 
 35–39  0.383 
 40–44  0.348 
Age Difference From Spouse −4.753 −4.835 
Residence Type and Population   
 Rural, <2,500 0.647 0.607 
 Urban, 2,500–9,999 0.073 0.081 
 Urban, 10,000–99,999 0.114 0.132 
 Urban, 100,000–499,999 0.073 0.081 
 Urban, ≥500,000  0.095 0.099 
Woman's Literacy 0.935 0.952 
Spouse's Literacy 0.929 0.949 
Race and Nativity   
 Black 0.056 0.057 
 Native-born of native-born parents 0.642 0.640 
 Second generation (native-born of foreign parent(s)) 0.201 0.201 
 Foreign-born 0.158 0.159 
 Spouse native-born of native parents 0.629 0.629 
 Spouse second generation 0.185 0.185 
 Spouse foreign-born 0.186 0.186 
Enumerated With a Paid Labor Force Occupation 0.021 0.065 
Spouse's Occupation Group   
 Professional 0.030 0.025 
 Farmer 0.355 0.363 
 Manager/official/proprietor 0.054 0.081 
 Clerical/sales 0.047 0.052 
 Craftsman 0.131 0.141 
 Operative/apprentice 0.099 0.071 
 Service worker 0.019 0.021 
 Farm laborer 0.046 0.027 
 Laborer 0.185 0.210 
 Nonoccupational response 0.035 0.010 
Woman Interstate Migrant 0.194 0.235 
Spouse Interstate Migrant (native-born residing outside state of birth) 0.215 0.248 
Coresidence of Parents and Parents-in-Law   
 Mother coresident 0.040 0.035 
 Father coresident 0.023 0.016 
 Mother-in-law coresident 0.044 0.024 
 Father-in-law coresident 0.034 0.010 
Coresidence of Female Servants 0.047 0.045 
Estimated Measures of Spouse's Kin Outside the Household   
 Adult surname kin density (per 1,000) 3.360 3.020 
 Mother-in-law residing within five households 0.084 0.040 
No. of cases 2,047,694 2,047,694 

Source: Ruggles et al. (2020).

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