For Exercise 2.91, see page 106; for 2.92 and 2.93, see pages 106–107; for 2.94 to 2.96, see page 108; for 2.97 to 2.99, see page 109; and for 2.100 and 2.101, see pages 111–112.

Question 2.115

2.115 Demographics and new products—men

Refer to Exercises 2.113 and 2.114. Here are the corresponding counts for men:

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Marital status
Age (years) Never
married		 Married Widowed Divorced
18 to 24 13,509 1,245 6 63
25 to 39 12,685 16,029 78 1,790
40 to 64 6,869 34,650 760 6,647
685 12,514 2,124 1,464

Answer the questions from Exercises 2.113 and 2.114 for these counts.

2.115

33,748 never married; 64,438 married; 2,968 widowed; 9,964 divorced. Joint and marginal distributions:

Percent Never-
Married		 Married Widowed Divorced Total
18To24 12.16 1.12 0.01 0.06 13.3
25To39 11.42 14.43 0.07 1.61 27.5
40To64 6.18 31.18 0.68 5.98 44
65And-Over 0.62 11.26 1.91 1.32 15.1
Total 30.37 57.99 2.67 8.97 100

Conditional distribution given Marital Status:

Percent Never-
Married		 Married Widowed Divorced
18To24 40.03 1.93 0.2 0.63
25To39 37.59 24.88 2.63 17.96
40To64 20.35 53.77 25.61 66.71
65And-Over 2.03 19.42 71.56 14.69
Total 100 100 100 100

Conditional distribution given Age:

Percent Never-
Married		 Married Widowed Divorced Total
18To24 91.14 8.4 0.04 0.43 100
25To39 41.48 52.41 0.26 5.85 100
40To64 14.04 70.82 1.55 13.59 100
65AndOver 4.08 74.55 12.65 8.72 100

More than half of men are married; of that group, age 40 to 64 is the most common followed by 25 to 39 and 65 and Over. More than 30% never married, very few of which are 65 and Over. Fewer than 3% of men are widowed, and the vast majority are 65 and Over. About 9% are divorced, two-thirds in the 40 to 64 age group.