If a woman takes her husband’s last name, but you want to know her earlier name, how do you ask that question? “________________________________?”
This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.
| WHAT IS HER MAIDEN NAME | 10 |
| WHAT IS YOUR MAIDEN NAME | 6 |
| WHAT’S YOUR MAIDEN NAME | 4 |
| MAIDEN NAME | 2 |
| WHAT WAS YOUR MAIDEN NAME | 2 |
| NAME FROM HOME | 1 |
| WHAT IS HER BIRTH NAME | 1 |
| WHATS HER MAIDEN NAME | 1 |
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