The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-08-11

Some lnterestinR Facts Concerning she
Married and single In America.
There Is one divorced person to every
iss married couples in the United States.
OF the entire population Of the United
States on June 1, 1890, nearly three
fifths were single.
According to the census reports there
are 19,945.576 males and 17.lsS,9ss fe-
males in this country who have never
been married.
Notwithstanding n belief to the con-
trary, the per cent. Of divorced people,
as compared with the population, is very
small, amounting to fraction of one
per cent.
The number Of divorced men is 48,-
10l, while the number of divorced wo-
men is 71,s05. The excess of divorced
women is accounted for on the ground
that great many divorced men failed
to report themselves.
All men in this country could not
marry If they desired, because there
nrc not women enough to go round.
Census revelations show that there are
1 ,422, ,41O males who would have to view
conjugal happiness through other eyes
than their own.
The widows are very much in cvi.
dence in America, according to the cen.
sus Office. Carefully gathered figures
and only sl5, ,437 widowers in the land
Add this excess of widows to the other
unmarried females and there are YET
l,422,4 41O more unmarried men thar
women in the United States.
In u table setting forth the conjugal
condition of the aggregate population
subdivided according to sex and age
groups, it is shown that there were
twenty-three males under the age of 1;
married and 1,411 females. One male
of younger than Is had been separated
from his erstwhile wife through the
instrumentality of the divorce court
while twelve females of like tender age
had been relieved from unhappy conju
gal relations through the same channel
Between the ages of 55 to GA the
proportion of married males had dimin
ished to S2.34 per cent. and that of mar
ried females to 6O.8s per cent. For the
age group representing persons 6;
years and upward seven-tenths of The
males were found to be married, while
the proportion of females was one-hal.
as great, or 35.S5 per cent. of all fe
males of the ages stated. The proper
tion of widows was greater than that
of widowers at all ages. 1t became ap
preciable between the ages from 10 tt
10 and increased rapidly. For female!
65 years and upward the proportion o
widows exceeded the proportion o
married women. The proportion O
widowers was less than that of married
men for each age group"
Of the percentages relating to sex ant
age groups the bulletin says: "Of thu
males under Is years the proportion O
married was inappreciable, while of the
females under Is about one in every
1O, 900 was married. Between the age
of Is and 10 only 52 per cent. of th'
males were married and 9. 40 per cent. o
the females. Among those of 20 year.
of age and upward the proportion O
the married increased with great rapid
ity with both sexes. Between the age
of 20 to "a less than one-ffth of th
males were found to be married, whil
of the females nearly one-half wer
married. Between the ages from 25 tt
20 over one-halfof the males and nearl..
three-fourths of the females were mar
ried. Between the ages of 80 to 3
nearly three-fourths of the males ant
four-1ifths of the females were married
Up to this point the proportion of mar
ried females in each age group wa
considerably in excess of that of males
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