The morning times., 1895-09-16
some FIGURES ON MARRIAGE
Comparative Statistics On Age in Amer.
lea and Europe.
Russians Enter the Welded State
Sooner Than Any Other Race.
Decrease Becoming Marked.
(RostOD Hera Id


There has been prepared under the au-
spices of the International Institute of Sta
| tistics comparative statement of mar
eaSes and births in various States of
Europe and America.
Nearly every country in Europe is in
cluded in this study, but it takes account
of only three States of this Union-Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Three quinquennial periods are selected
for comparison 1S65'69, 1S76-S1,
1SS7-'91-but for Massachusetts the last
period is 1Ss6'9O, and for Connecticut
1SS5-'s9
For the first of these periods Massachu-
setts aud Rhode Island shared with Hun
gary and Servia the distinction of hav-
ing more marriages per ,O00 Inhabitants
than any other communities in the civil
lied world. Massachusetts had 1888 ard
Rhode Island a % per LOCO. while Hun
agry had 1928 and servia 80.
The English average for the same pe-
Rod was S.36, the Prissian S.S2 and the
French 7.S9. Since that time the ten
deDcy TO decrease has been general,
though ii is more decided on this side
than on the other.
In the last quinquennlai period the Mas
sachusetts average had fallen to 9.29
and that of Rhode Island to 9.I6 while
Connecticut has come down from 9.21 in
1860 to 7.95 in 1Ss5-s9. The average
for 1sS7-91 OF Eng gland is 7 .51, OF the Ger
maD Empire 7.93, and of France 7.26.
Taking as the period for review the nine
teen years from 1874 to 1892, and the
decreasing proportion OF marriages in
Europe appears more emphatic. For,
starting with 9.5I per 1000 in the first
year, England shows but 7.T2 in the last;
Germany coming down from s.53 TO 7.S3,
and France from S.33 to T.49
Roughly speaking, little more than two
thirds of the men who marry do so between
twenty and thirty years of age Comparing
the number marrying between twenty and
twenty five and those between twenty five
and thirty, the preponderance is in some
countries on the one side and in some on Ii.
other
In this State it is 80 so per cent for the
earlier period and 33.14 per cent for the
later In England the proportions are about
the same, but in France only PASS per
cent Of the men :narry tctween twenty ana
twenty five, while AZ. Sc per cent marry
between twenty five and thirty.
In Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and the
the Scandinavian countries the practice is
nearer that of Fence than OF Old and New
England. Russia in Europe has the aston
ishing proportion of 32O1 per cent of men
who marry under twenty years of age.
while in none of the German states is there
so much as pei cent who marry at the age
of immaturity.
In Russia it seems that more than haif the
women who marry do so before the age of
90, the figure for the five years examined
being 56.35 per cent. With us Is. 10 per
cent OF the women who marry are found TO
be under 20, while ABB per cent are from
20 to 20 years of age.
The decreasing proportion OF marriages
is attended in Europe by a omewhat greater
ratio of decrease in births. The number
OF births per / 900 inhabitants, which for
1S65-69 in England was 35.3. had de-
clined by 1SST-91 to 31.3, while for France
the figures are 25.9 for the former period
and 23 for latter.
Even in Germany, where for the whole
empire the births were 39.2 per 1000
for 1876 so they had fallen to 36.5 for
SST-91.
The process is by no means uniform. how
ever. The Hungarians grow more prolific.
their birth rate having advanced from 4O.7
per ,O00 in 1s65-69 To 42S in 1SS7-9I
italy shows no decline. nor does Austria,
Denmark or Spain.
In this State the birth rate, which for
1S65-69 was 256 was 25.S per LOCO
for I8s6-9O, while Connecticut shows 229
for the one period and 22 8 for the other.
In the proportion OF illegitinate births,
Massachusetts is near the bottom OF the
list with 2.O1 per cent, while Austria
leeds with 14.67 per cent.
Ireland has but 2TS per cent. of its births
illegit innate, while Scotland has T.e3
per cent; England and Wales have 4.52
per cent, France S.41, and Germany 9.23
per cent