The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
MARRIAGE STATISTICS.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning tho
Married and Single in America.

Some Interesting Facts Concerning tho
Married and Single in America.
There is one divorced person to every
1876 married couples in the United States.
OF the entire population of the United
States on June i, 1890, nearly three
tifths We're single.
According to the census reports there
are 1915, 57G males anu II, 1873. 1913 fe-
males in this country who have never
been married.
Notwithstanding a belief to the con-
trary, Che per cent. of divorced people,
as compared with the population, is very
small, amounting to raction of one
per cent.
The number of divorced men is 49,
1Ol, while the number of divorced wo-
men is II, S95. 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
are not women enough to 90 round.
Census revelations show that there are
APP, 40 males who would have to view
| conjugal happiness through other eyes
than their own.
The widows are very much in evil
dence in America. according to the CEN
sus office Carefully gathered figures
show that there are 2,154,615 widows
| and only SIS, 437 widowers in the land.
Add this excess of widows to the other
! unmarried females and there are yet
1,422. 40 more unmarried men than
women in the United States.
In table setting forth the coniugal
condition of the aggregate population,
subdivided according to sex and age
groups, it is shown that there We're
twenty-three males under the age of 10
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 So to GA the
proportion of married males had dimin-
ished to 1924 per cent. and that of mar
ried females to 605S per cent. For the
age group representing persons 65
years and upward seven-tenths of the
males were found to be married, while
the proportion of females was one-half
as great, or 1886 per cent. of all fe-
males of the ages stated. The proper
ton of widows was greater than that
of widowers at all ages. 1t became APP
preciable between the ages from Is to
nd
65 years and upward the proportion of
widows exceeded the proportion of
married women. The proportion of
widowers was less than that of married
men for each age group"
Of the percentages relating to sex and
age groups the bulletin says: ''Of the
males under Is years the proportion of
married was inappreciable, while of the
females under Is about one in every
10000 was married. Between the ages
of - and 10 only 81 per cent. of the
males were married and 9. 40 per cent. of
the females. Among those of 20 years
of age and upward the proportion of
the married increased with great rapid
ity with both sexes. Between the ages
| of 20 to "a less than One-fifth of the
| males We're found to be married, while
of the females nearly one-half were
married Between the ages from 25 to
90 over onehalfof the males and nearly
three-fourths of the females were mar
ried. Between the ages of 80 to "a
nearly three-fourths of the males and
four-tifths of the females were married.
Up to this point the proportion of mar
ried females in each age group was
| considerably in excess of that of males.
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