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Table 13
Mean and Median Age by Race and Previous Marital
Status for Brides and Grooms:  Indiana, 1997
Race and Previous
Marital Status
Mean Age Median Age
Bride Groom Bride Groom

All Races:

Never Married
24.2 26.1 23.0 25.0
Divorced 36.2 39.0 35.0 38.0
Widowed 54.9 61.7 55.0 64.0
Unknown 26.7 30.1 24.0 27.0

White:

Never Married
23.8 25.8 23.0 25.0
Divorced 36.0 38.9 35.0 38.0
Widowed 55.2 62.0 55.0 64.0
Unknown 26.5 30.0 24.0 27.0

Black:

Never Married
28.0 29.3 27.0 28.0
Divorced 39.2 41.0 38.0 40.0
Widowed 51.2 58.3 52.0 58.0
Unknown 28.2 33.0 27.5 30.0

NOTES:     1.  Divorced includes Annulments.
                 2.  "All Races" includes Other and Unknown race categories.
SOURCE:  Indiana State Department of Health, Data Analysis Team

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