Two letter state code
Year of observation
Divorces per 1000 people, 1956-1998
State population
Friedberg's divorce law reform date; 1900=pre-sample; 2000=yet to reform; Cols 1
Friedberg's Unilateral Dummy
Years since lfdivlaw, partitioned into two-year intervals; -99=No change in samp
Was this state a reform state?  Friedberg's coding.
Ever-divorced rate, 1950 census (25-50 native born)
%Married among adults, Census; 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000
%Married among adults, linear interp. from Census; extrap for AK, HI in 50
Percent of neighboring states with unilateral divorce laws.  Neighbors coded by
Year-1968 (matches Friedberg's trends)
(Years since 1968)^2
Friedberg's dummies for coding breaks; see appendix of her AER paper
Year of divorce law reform according to Gruber, 2004
Year of divorce law reform according to Friedberg, 1998
Year of divorce law reform according to Johnson & Mazingo, 2000
Year of divorce law reform according to Mechoulan, 2001
Year of divorce law reform according to Ellman & Lohr, 1998a
Year of divorce law reform according to Ellman & Lohr, 1998b
Year of divorce law reform according to Brinig and Buckley
Year of divorce law reform according to Nakonezny, Shull and Rodgers, 1995
Years since reform: gruber; -99=No change in sample
Years since reform: friedberg; -99=No change in sample
Years since reform: johnson; -99=No change in sample
Years since reform: mechoulan; -99=No change in sample
Years since reform: ellmanlohr1; -99=No change in sample
Years since reform: ellmanlohr2; -99=No change in sample
Years since reform: brinigbuckley; -99=No change in sample
Years since reform: nakonezny; -99=No change in sample