CENSUS DISCLOSURES
IRELAND IN 1936 FEW MEN MARRIED AT 29 LONDON, March 30 Economic difficulties are responsible for the extraordinary conditions disclosed by the Irish census taken in 1936. The census shows that, 82 per cent of the men were unmarried at 29, as compared with 47 per cent in England, and that 64 per cent of the women aged 29 were unmarried, as compared with 17 per cent in England. Ireland in the census year possessed only 952 women to every 1000 men, as compared with 1088 women to 1000 men in England. Ireland also had fewer and later marriages than any other country. It also poissessed 51 centenarians, of whom 32 were women, and a larger percentage of people above 75 than any other European country.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23318, 11 April 1939, Page 10
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128CENSUS DISCLOSURES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23318, 11 April 1939, Page 10
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