MARRIAGE IN AMERICA.
STATISTICS IN DIVORCE. INCREASES IN 1924. TWO CASUAL STATES. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 10.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 8. The Census Bureau's survey of marriage and divorce in the United States for 1924 shows fewer marriages and an increasing number of divorces than were noted previously. Marriages during 1924 totalled 1,178,206 compared with 1,223,924 in 1923, a decrease of 45,718, or 3.7 per cent. Only ten States reported an increased number of marriages. Divorces decreased in 18 States, but the increase in the other 30 States more than offset the decreases. Surprise was caused by figures showing that New York, the reputed centre of wickedness, had but one divorce per 23 marriages, leading all other sections of the .country. Oregon and Nebraska show one divorce for every two or three marriages.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Issue 291, 9 December 1925, Page 7
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