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DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO MATRIMONIAL STATE.



In 1891, those of the population who were above the age of
15, could be divided into two almost exactly equal parts, one of
which — 647.288 persons, or 50.11 % — consisted of the married
persons, while the remaining 49.89 % (in which are included the
comparatively few unspecified) were unmarried or previously
married persons. In 1876, the relative number of married persons
was somewhat smaller, but at the first census of the century,
showed a noticeably larger percentage.

The percentage of married persons varies considerably in
different countries. The number is greatest in Hungary (in 1890
66 per cent of the population over 16 years of age); next to it
comes Saxony with 56 per cent (over 15 years of age), while in
Ireland, in 1891, only 39 % of the population were married. In
this respect, therefore, Norway takes up an intermediate position.
If, however, account be taken of the fact that in northern lands
matrimony is entered upon at a comparatively later age, the
number of married persons in Norway may be said to be
comparatively large.

The relative number of married persons varies somewhat in
the two sexes. Thus while out of 100 adult males in 1891,
53.36 were married, the corresponding proportion of women was
47.45. On the other hand, the number of widows was much
greater than the number of widowers, namely 11.71 and 6.30 per
cent respectively of the total number of adults of each sex above
15 years of age. Of unmarried persons, there were 40.29 men
and 40.80 women in every 100 adults of each sex.

Both as regards men and women, there is some increase in
the relative number of married persons since the census of 1876.

The greatest number of married men in proportion to the
whole adult male population — 84.10 per cent — are in the
age-group [[** sjk bindestrek]] 45-50, while the maximum for the women — 72.85 per
cent — belongs to the group 40—45 years of age. The reason
is the greater mortality among the male sex, which, in this section
of life, makes more women widows, than men widowers.

The number of unmarried women of all ages is comparatively
greater in the towns than in the country, a circumstance which
is principally due to the great influx of domestic servants. The
same is the case with widows, of whom the towns number

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