The effects of age and martial status of prisoners under sentence of death Maurice Stewart SOWK 300-02 Fall 2009

Variables and Values

Hypotheses and Rational Bivariate A person being married between the ages of 25 to 34 years is most likely not to be on death row. Rather then a person who has never been married or divorced between the age of 35 to 54 years old. Age Martial Status

Hypotheses and Rationale Multivariate A black person who is married between the ages of 25 to 34 years old. Will most likely not be on death row. Rather then a white person who has never been married or is divorced between the ages of 35 to 54 years old. Race Martial Status Ages

Findings: Bivariate Table

Findings: Multivariate Table Ages Ages White Prisoners Black Prisoners Race of the Prisoners Marital Status By Age and By Race

Bivariate Graph and Discussion A person that has a law binding marriage is most likely not to end up on death row. Rather then a single person or a person that been divorced. 77.1 prisoners that never been married are on death row compared to 8.51 that are married.

Multivariate Graph and Discussion Marital Status By Age and By Race Whites that are single or divorced and between the ages of 25 to 34 years old resulted to be on death row rather then married blacks between the ages of 25 to 34 years old. 58.29 divorced whites that are between the age of 25 to 34 years old are on death row. Compared to the 31.72 blacks that are married between the ages of 25 to 34 years old.