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Fertility of marriage (part II), 1911

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(Pages i-v) Title page & contents
(Page vi) Preface
(186 pages)Contract subtree Report
(74 pages)Contract subtree Part I
(Page vii) Form of questionnaire
(Page 1) Diagram 1. Statement of duration of marriage. Numbers of marriages returned as of each duration from 0-1 to 49-50 years; and the proportions of the numbers per cent. of marriages registered at corresponding dates. (Data from table I)
(Pages xi-xiv) Census ages of husbands and wives
(Pages xiv-xix) Marriage ages of husbands and wives
(Pages xix-xx) Relationship of fertility to age at marriage
(13 pages)Contract subtree Fertility and husband's marriage age
(Page 1) Diagram 2. Fertility in relation to marriage age of husband and of wife. Children born within 10-11 years of marriage per 100 husbands married at 17, 22, 27, 42, 47 and 52 respectively to wives of each marriage age from 16 to 45. (Data from table VIII)
(Page 1) Diagram 3. Fertility and husband's marriage age. Average numbers of children born to husbands of later marriage ages per cent. of those born to husbands aged 15-24 at marriage, and married to wives of similar marriage age in each case. (data based on rates in table 16)
(11 pages)Contract subtree Fertility and wife's marriage age
(Page 1) Diagram 4. Fertility and wife's marriage age. Decline with increasing wife's marriage age in the fertility of marriages of certain durations; and comparison of the recorded fertilities with those calculated on the assumption of uniform decline described on page xxx (Data from table XII)
(Page 1) Diagram 5. Fertility and wife's marriage age. Increase with increasing duration of marriage in the aggregate fertility of wives married at certain ages (17, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45); and comparison of the recorded fertilities with those calculated on the assumption of uniform decline with advancing age (data from table XII)
(Page 2) Diagram 6. Fertility and wife's marriage age. Increase with increasing duration of marriage in the aggregate fertility of wives of certain census ages (20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 49); and comparison of the recorded fertilities with those calculated on the assumption of uniform decline with advancing age (data from table xii)
(13 pages)Contract subtree The decline in fertility as recorded on the census schedules
(Page 1) Diagram 7. Decline of completed fertility of wives of various marriage ages (15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 and 40-44) from the rates recorded for the marriages of 1861-66 onwards (data from page xl)
(Page 1) Diagram 8. Decline of completed fertility of wives of various marriage ages. Proportions of families of each size per 1, 000 of all sizes born to marriages of varying dates (data from table xvi)
(Page 2) Diagram 9. Decline of completed fertility of wives of various marriage ages. Proportions of families of and under each size per 1, 000 of all sizes born to marriages of varying dates (data from table xvi)
(Pages xlvi-xlviii) Gradation of marriages by fertility
(24 pages)Contract subtree Child mortality
(Page xlviii, Pages 1-2, Page xlix)Contract subtree Reliability of the returns
(Page 1) Diagram 10. Proportions of all births resulting from varying proportions of all marriages graded in order of fertility (data from table XVIII)
(Page 2) Diagram 11. Child mortality in relation to size of family. Child mortality at various durations of marriage, distinguishing size of family (number born), (data from table XIX)
(Pages xlix-lii, Pages 1-3, Page liii)Contract subtree Mortality in relation to size of family
(Page 1) Diagram 12. Child mortality in relation to size of family. Child mortality in families of various sizes, distinguishing duration of marriage (data from table XIX)
(Pages 2-3) Diagram 13. Child mortality and wife's marriage age. Mortality rates compared for marriages of similar duration but varying wife's marriage age, with distinction of size of family (data from table XIX)
(Pages liii-liv, Pages 1-2, Pages lv-lxiv)Contract subtree Mortality in relation to marriage age of parents
(Page 1) Diagram 14. Child mortality, in families of different sizes, in relation to marriage age of each parent (data from table 15)
(98 pages)Contract subtree Part II. Sectional populations
(Pages lxv-lxvii) Methods used in comparing the fertility and child mortality of sectional populations
(Pages lxvii-lxxiv, Page 1, Pages lxxv-lxxvi)Contract subtree Fertility and child mortality in relation to size of tenement
(Page 1) Diagram 15. Relation of size of family to size of tenement (data from table XXIX)
(Pages lxxvi-xcii, Page 1, Pages xciii-civ)Contract subtree Fertility in relation to social status
(Pages lxxvi-lxxvii) Social grading of occupations
(Page lxxvii) Tabulation by social classes
(Pages lxxvii-xci)Contract subtree Marriages of continuing fertility
(Pages lxxviii-lxxx) Frequency of marriage in social classes (males)
(Pages lxxx-lxxxv) Standard for comparisons between classes
(Pages lxxxvii-lxxxviii) Classes I-VIII (continued)
(Page lxxxix) Wife's marriage age
(Pages lxxxix-xci) Ante-nuptial conception
(Pages xci-xcii, Page 1, Pages xciii-civ)Contract subtree All marriages (of continuing or completed fertility)
(Page 1) Diagram 16. Standardized total fertility of each social class, per cent. of that of the general population, for marriages of varying dates (data from table XLI)
(Pages xciv-xcv) Relation of fertility to mortality
(Pages xcv-ci) Quantitative measurement of fertility decline
(Pages ci-civ) Wife's marriage age
(Pages civ-cxxi)Contract subtree Occupations
(Pages civ-cxiii) Husbands' occupations
(Pages cxiii-cxiv) Wives' occupations
(Pages cxiv-cxvi) Child mortality of wives occupied at home and away from home
(Pages cxvi-cxvii) Comparison of the fertility of certain locally predominant occupations with that of other persons in the same locality
(Pages cxvii-cxxi) Gradation of occupational fertility
(Pages cxxi-cxlii, Pages 1-2, Page cxliii)Contract subtree Geographical distribution of fertility
(Pages cxxx-cxli) Great towns
(Pages cxli-cxlii) Smaller towns
(Page 1) Map 1. Standardized total fertility in rural portions of administrative counties
(Page 2) Map 2. Standardized child mortality in rural portions of administrative counties
(Pages cxliii-clviii)Contract subtree Fertility by birthplace
(Pages cxliv-clvi) Parents born in England and Wales
(Pages clvi-clviii) Parents born in certain other countries
(13 pages)Contract subtree Appendix A. Correlation of fertility with the age of parents, with mortality, etc
(Page 1) Diagram a. Variation in correlation with duration of marriage for fertility with husband's age (I) and fertility with wife's age (II)
(Page 1) Diagram b. Variation of correlation with duration of marriage for fertility with wife's age (all ages of husband) I. England & Wales, II. Scotland
(Page 1) Diagram c. Fertility and child mortality. Husband's age at marriage 25-29, wife's age at marriage 20-24. Duration of marriage 5-10 years
(Page 1) Diagram d. Fertility and child mortality. Duration of marriage 25-30 years. Husband's age at marriage 25-29, wife's age at marriage 20-24
(Page clxx) Appendix B. Summary of table 1, part I, England and Wales. Families and mortality therein, classified by age of husband
(260 pages)Contract subtree Tables
(Page 2)Contract subtree Explanatory notes
(Page 2) I. As to totals of marriages included in the various tables
(Page 2) II. As to "age at marriage"
(Page 3) Tables 1-16. See part I
(Page 3) Table 17. England and Wales. Married couples, and children born to them, classified by quinquennia of marriage duration and single years of wife's age at marriage
(Page 4) Table 18. England and Wales. Married couples, and children born to them, classified by quinquennia of wife's marriage age and single years of duration
(Pages 5-6)Contract subtree Table 19. England and Wales. Families classified by age of wife at marriage, duration of marriage and size of family (number of children born)
(Page 5) A. Wives over 45 years of age at census (families of completed fertility)
(Page 6) B. Wives of all ages at census
(Pages 7-13)Contract subtree Table 20. England and Wales. Numbers of children born and dead in families of all sizes, classified by size of family (number of children born), duration of marriage and age of wife at marriage
(Page 7) A. Children born to wives over 45 years of age at census (families of completed fertility)
(Pages 8-13) B. Wives of all ages at census (children born and dead)
(Pages 14-15) Table 21. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Families and mortality therein classified by size of tenement occupied, by duration of marriage, and by age of wife at marriage. N. B. The figures in this table relate only to families returned as occupiers of private tenements
(Page 16) Table 22. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Families, and mortality therein, classified by duration of marriage and by age of wife at marriage
(Page 17) Table 23. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Married couples, children born and children dead, classified by social status (as indicated by husband's occupation), by duration of marriage, and by age of wife at marriage
(Pages 18-20) Table 24. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife's age exceeded 45 years at census. Married couples, children born, and children dead, classified by social status (as indicated by husband's occupation), by duration of marriage, and by age of wife at marriage
(Page 21) Table 25. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Total and effective fertility, and child mortality, classified by social status (as indicated by husband's occupation), by duration of marriage, and by age of wife at marriage
(Page 22) Table 26. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. One million wives distributed amongst the social classes as at the census (according to husband's occupation), but on the assumption of uniform age at marriage and duration of marriage in each class
(Page 23) Table 27. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Calculated number of children born and of children surviving to a standard million families distributed throughout the social classes on the assumption of uniform age at marriage and duration of marriage in each class
(Pages 24-26) Table 28. England and Wales. Fertility and child mortality in eight social classes (as indicated by husband's occupation) and in all classes jointly, distinguishing duration of marriage and age of wife at marriage. N. B. This table differs from table 25 in applying to all marriages, whether the wife's census age was under or over 45. Fertility rates for marriages where (he wife's census age exceeded 45 years will be found in table XLIV (page xcvii)
(Page 27) Table 29. England and Wales. Duration of marriage and age of wife at marriage in all families as affected by social class. Distribution of families by duration of marriage and age of wife at marriage per million total families in each class
(Pages 28-73)Contract subtree Table 30. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Married couples, children born, and children dead, classified by occupation of the husband, duration of marriage, and age of wife at marriage
(Pages 28-29) 1. Persons engaged in or in connection with the general or local government of the country
(Pages 29-30) 2. Persons engaged in the defence of the country
(Pages 30-34) 3. Persons engaged in professional occupations and their subordinate services
(Pages 34-36) 4. Persons engaged in domestic offices or services
(Pages 36-38) 5. Persons engaged in commercial occupations
(Pages 38-43) 6. Persons engaged in conveyance of men, goods, and messages
(Pages 44-46) 7. Persons engaged in agriculture
(Page 46) 8. Persons engaged in fishing
(Pages 46-47) 9. Persons working in and about, and working and dealing in the products of, mines and quarries
(Pages 48-53) 10. Persons working and dealing in metals, machines, implements, and conveyances
(Pages 54-55) 11. Persons working and dealing in precious metals, jewels, watches, instruments, and games
(Pages 55-57) 12. Persons engaged in building, and works of construction
(Pages 58-59) 13. Persons working and dealing in wood, furniture, fittings, and decorations
(Pages 59-60) 14. Persons working and dealing in brick, cement, pottery, and glass
(Pages 60-61) 15. Persons working and dealing in chemicals, oil, grease, soap, resin, etc
(Page 61) 16. Persons working and dealing in skins, leather, hair, and feathers
(Page 62) 17. Persons working and dealing in paper, prints, books, and stationary
(Pages 62-65) 18. Persons working and dealing in textile fabrics
(Pages 65-66) 19. Persons working and dealing in dress
(Pages 66-70) 20. Persons working and dealing in food, tobacco, drink, and lodging
(Pages 70-71) 21. Persons engaged in gas, water, and electricity supply, and sanitary service
(Pages 71-72) 22. Other, general, and undefined workers and dealers
(Pages 72-73) 23. Persons without specified occupations or unoccupied
(Pages 74-79) Table 31. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Standardized numbers of children born per 100 couples, distinguishing husband's occupation, duration of marriage, and wife's marriage age
(Pages 80-85) Table 32. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Standardized numbers of children born per 100 couples, distinguishing husband's occupation, duration of marriage, and wife's marriage age, per cent. of the corresponding numbers for the total occupied and unoccupied couples in England and Wales
(Pages 86-91) Table 33. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Standardized numbers of children surviving per 100 couples, distinguishing husband's occupation, duration of marriage, and wife's marriage age
(Pages 92-97) Table 34. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Standardized numbers of children surviving per 100 couples, distinguishing husband's occupation, duration of marriage, and wife's marriage age, per cent. of the corresponding numbers for the total occupied and unoccupied couples in England and Wales
(Pages 98-143)Contract subtree Table 35. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife's age exceeded 45 years at census. Married couples, children born, and children dead, classified by occupation of the husband, duration of marriage, and age of wife at marriage
(Pages 98-99) 1. Persons engaged in or in connection with the general or local government of the country
(Pages 99-100) 2. Persons engaged in the defence of the country
(Pages 100-104) 3. Persons engaged in professional occupations and their subordinate services
(Pages 104-106) 4. Persons engaged in domestic offices or services
(Pages 106-108) 5. Persons engaged in commercial occupations
(Pages 108-113) 6. Persons engaged in conveyance of men, goods, and messages
(Pages 114-116) 7. Persons engaged in agriculture
(Page 116) 8. Persons engaged in fishing
(Pages 116-117) 9. Persons working in and about, and working and dealing in the products of, mines and quarries
(Pages 118-123) 10. Persons working and dealing in metals, machines, implements, and conveyances
(Pages 124-125) 11. Persons working and dealing in precious metals, jewels, watches, instruments, and games
(Pages 125-127) 12. Persons engaged in building, and works of construction
(Pages 128-129) 13. Persons working and dealing in wood, furniture, fittings, and decorations
(Pages 129-130) 14. Persons working and dealing in brick, cement, pottery, and glass
(Pages 130-131) 15. Persons working and dealing in chemicals, oil, grease, soap, resin, etc
(Page 131) 16. Persons working and dealing in skins, leather, hair, and feathers
(Page 132) 17. Persons working and dealing in paper, prints, books, and stationary
(Pages 132-135) 18. Persons working and dealing in textile fabrics
(Pages 135-136) 19. Persons working and dealing in dress
(Pages 136-140) 20. Persons working and dealing in food, tobacco, drink, and lodging
(Pages 140-141) 21. Persons engaged in gas, water, and electricity supply, and sanitary service
(Pages 141-142) 22. Other, general, and undefined workers and dealers
(Pages 142-143) 23. Persons without specified occupations or unoccupied
(Pages 144-150) Table 36. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife's age exceeded 45 years at census. Numbers of children born per 100 couples, distinguishing husband's occupation and wife's marriage age, and the ratios of these numbers to the corresponding numbers for the total population, taken as 100 in each case
(Pages 151-160) Table 37. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Married couples, children born, and children dead, classified by occupation of wife, duration of marriage, and age of wife at marriage
(Pages 161-162) Table 38. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Standardized numbers of children born per 100 couples, distinguishing wife's occupation, duration of marriage, and wife's marriage age
(Pages 163-164) Table 39. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Standardized numbers of children born, distinguishing wife's occupation, duration of marriage, and wife's marriage age, per cent. of the corresponding numbers for the total occupied and unoccupied in England and Wales
(Pages 165-166) Table 40. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Standardized numbers of children surviving per 100 couples, distinguishing wife's occupation, duration of marriage, and wife's marriage age
(Pages 167-168) Table 41. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife bad not attained the age of 45 years at census. Standardized numbers of children surviving, distinguishing wife's occupation, duration of marriage, and wife's marriage age, per cent. of the corresponding numbers for the total occupied and unoccupied in England and Wales
(Page 169) Table 42. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. (a) Standardized numbers of children born and surviving per 100 couples among agriculturists, miners, textile workers, and the remaining population in certain localities, distinguishing duration of marriage and wife's marriage age; and (b) the ratios of these numbers per cent. of the corresponding numbers for the total population of England and Wales
(Pages 170-171) Table 43. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Married couples, children born, and children dead, among agriculturists, textile workers, miners, and the remaining population in certain localities, classified by duration of marriage and age of wife at marriage
(Pages 172-216)Contract subtree Table 44. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Married couples, children born, and children dead, classified by area of enumeration, duration of marriage, and age of wife at marriage
(Page 172) England and Wales
(Page 173) Midlands
(Pages 175-179) Registration divisions
(Pages 179-216)Contract subtree Counties
(Page 179) Bedfordshire
(Page 180) Berkshire
(Page 180) Buckinghamshire
(Pages 180-181) Cambridgeshire
(Pages 181-182) Cheshire
(Page 182) Cornwall
(Page 182) Cumberland
(Pages 182-183) Derbyshire
(Pages 183-184) Devonshire
(Page 184) Dorsetshire
(Pages 184-185) Durham
(Pages 185-186) Ely, Isle of
(Pages 187-188) Gloucester
(Page 188) Herefordshire
(Page 188) Hertfordshire
(Pages 188-189) Huntingdonshire
(Page 189) Kent
(Pages 189-192) Lancashire
(Page 193) Leicestershire
(Pages 193-194)Contract subtree Lincolnshire
(Page 193) Holland
(Pages 193-194) Kesteven
(Page 194) Lindsey
(Page 194) London
(Pages 195-196) Middlesex
(Page 196) Monmouthshire
(Page 197) Norfolk
(Pages 197-198) Northamptonshire
(Page 198) Northumberland
(Pages 198-199) Nottinghamshire
(Page 199) Oxford
(Pages 199-200) Peterborough, Soke of
(Page 200) Rutlandshire
(Page 200) Shropshire
(Pages 200-201) Somersetshire
(Pages 201-202) Southampton
(Pages 202-203) Staffordshire
(Pages 203-204) Suffolk, East
(Page 204) Suffolk, West
(Pages 204-205) Surrey
(Page 205) Sussex, East
(Page 206) Sussex, West
(Pages 206-207) Warwickshire
(Page 207) Westmoreland
(Page 207) Wight, Isle of
(Pages 207-208) Wiltshire
(Pages 208-209) Worcestershire
(Pages 209-212)Contract subtree Yorkshire
(Page 209) East Riding
(Pages 209-210) North Riding
(Pages 210-212) West Riding
(Page 212) Anglesey
(Page 212) Brecknockshire
(Pages 212-213) Cardiganshire
(Page 213) Carmarthenshire
(Page 213) Carnarvonshire
(Pages 213-214) Denbighshire
(Page 214) Flintshire
(Pages 214-215) Glamorganshire
(Page 215) Merionethshire
(Page 216) Montgomeryshire
(Page 216) Pembrokeshire
(Page 216) Radnorshire
(Pages 217-260)Contract subtree Table 45. England and Wales. Marriages where the wife had not attained the age of 45 years at census. Married couples, children born, and children dead, classified by birth-place of husband and of wife, and by place of enumeration, with distinction of duration of marriage and age of wife at marriage
(Pages 217-222) Enumerated in all classes of area
(Pages 223-228) Enumerated in London
(Pages 229-234) Enumerated in great towns
(Pages 235-240) Enumerated in urban counties
(Pages 241-246) Enumerated in mixed counties
(Pages 247-252) Enumerated in rural counties
(Pages 253-260) Enumerated in England and Wales