MARRIAGE AGES.
A STATISTICAL SURVEY. When studying the ages at which people marry, the greatest attention is naturally focussed: upon youth and old age, says the Government Statistician in his report on the vital statistics of the Dominion for 1926. Taking brides and bridegrooms separately, it is found that of the persons married no fewer than 1965 brides (or nearly 18 per ((*nt. of all brides), and 410 bridegrooms (3.84 per cent.) were under 21 years of age. ,In two cases the bride had not attained her fifteenth birthday, in 11 cases she was be- ' tween the ages of 15 and IG, and in 70 oases between 16 and 17. The .•youngest age for bridegrooms was between 17 and 18, there being 10 cases in which the bridegroom had not attained his eighteenth birthday. At the other end of the list, 760 bridegrooms and 364 brides were of 45 years and over. Sixty-six percent. of the bridegrooms and 80 per centrof the brides were, under 30 years of age. Of 10,047 women under the age of 40, 7399 married men older than themselves, and 1705 married men of a younger age. The age of 25 held pride of place with bridegrooms, and age 21 with brides; the latter has remained unaltered for many years.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3710, 29 October 1927, Page 3
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214MARRIAGE AGES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3710, 29 October 1927, Page 3
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