COMPUTER OPERATIONS REQUEST #429 - SUMMARY

We have three sets of questions regarding marital history and number of 
children born in each marriage.

Q46,47/46a,47a/46b,47b      In what month and year after 1975, did you (first) 
                            get married?/  In what month and year, did you next
                            get married?/  What was the month and year of your 
                            most recent marriage?
Q48/48a/48b                 Are you still in this marriage?
Q49/49a/49b                 How did this marriage end?  Was it by divorce,
                            separation, or the death of your [spouse]?
Q50,51/50a,51a/50b,51b      In what month and year did you and your [spouse] 
                            stop living together?
Q53,54/53a,54a/53b,54b      In what month and year did your spouse die?
Q56/56a/56b                 How many children did you have in this marriage?

Question  Marriage                Conditions
Q46-56    1st marriage a/f 1975   1.  married at least once after 1975

Q46a-56a  2nd marriage a/f 1975   1.  married at least twice after 1975
                                  2.  "no" in Q48 (still in the first marriage)

Q46b-56b  most current a/f 1975   1.  married at least three times after 75
                                  2.  "no" in Q48a (still in the 2nd marriage)

How many, if any, children                , including biological chldren, 
adopted children, step children, and foster children?

     do you have from this marriage              did you have from this marriage
Q56  currently married; married once after 1975     otherwise

Q56a currently married; married twice after 1975    otherwise

Q56b currently married                              otherwise

GET THE RESPONDENT TO REPORT ONLY THE NUMBER OF KIDS
ACQUIRED THROUGH THAT MARRIAGE.

ACQUIRED = BIO,ADOPTED,STEP,FOSTER  (We do not want them to report here
that their spouse has adopted the 3 kids they have already told us about from an
earlier marriage.  But we do want to know here if the R adopted the new
spouse's kids when this marriage began.  Also, any step-kids....)

Example:      After the first marriage, some or all children may be living with
              the respondent.  Even if the R has three children with her/him IN
              the second marriage, we are only interested in children who were 
              newly acquired as a result of this second marriage.