Question

Age and Marital Status of Women

The following two-way table describes the age and marital status of American women in 1995. The table entries are in thousands of women.

	Marital Status
Age (years)	Never married	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Total
18-24	9289	3046	19	260	12614
25-39	6948	21437	206	3408	31999
40-64	2307	26679	2219	5508	36713
>=65	768	7767	8636	1091	18262
Total	19312	58929	11080	10267	99588

1) (4 Points) Report the marginal distribution of marital status for all adult women (use percents). Draw a bar graph to display this distribution (draw either in Excel or in SPSS).

2) (4 Points) Compare the conditional distributions of marital status for women aged 18 to 24 and women aged 40 to 64. Briefly describe the most important differences between the two groups of women, and back up your description with percents.

3) (4 Points) You are planning a magazine aimed at women who have never been married. Find the conditional distribution of age among single women (those who have never been married) and display it in a bar graph (with either Excel or SPSS). What age group or groups should your magazine aim to attract?

Answer 1