AMERICAN DIVORCES.
MARRIAGE RATE SHOWS FALLING OFF
Eeceivcd Tuesday, 5.5 p.m. WASHINGTON, May 21. Complete marriage and divorce Statistics just compiled for 1926 by the Census Bureau show that while marriages have fallen off in recent years from the high point reached in 1920, divorces have increased - “for more than a quarter of a century prior to 1926 at a rate far greater than the growth cf population.” Marriages still lead divorces but the rate of divorce is steadily increasing, while the marriage rate continues to lessen slightiv.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 May 1928, Page 7
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