Marital status life table for Australian women, 1971

"In this paper the mathematical principles behind the construction of multistate life tables are presented. [They are] then applied to study the patterns of first marriage, widowhood, divorce and remarriage of the Australian female population for the year 1971." Comparisons are also made with data for the United States in 1970. The author finds that "the first marriage patterns of both countries are very similar. But the divorce pattern is different. Though the probability that a marriage will end in a divorce is much lower in Australia than in the United States, the proportion of divorcees remarrying is only slightly lower in Australia.... Expected duration of a marriage is about 10.5 years longer in Australia than in the United States." (summary in FRE, ITA)