Change in Marriage and Divorce Data Available From the National Center for Health Statistics

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Beginning January 1, 1996, the availability of marriage and divorce data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC, will change. NCHS will continue to collect marital status in all of its population surveys, will continue to obtain detailed information on out-of-wedlock births, and will work with States to obtain summary counts of marriages and divorces. However, detailed data from States participating in the marriage and divorce components of the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program (VSCP) will no longer be obtained. This change is being made to prioritize programs in a period of tightened resource constraints.