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the movement of population within the different läns. 129
ages 20—50 years, there were in Sweden, at the end of 1910, 482 307,
and of unmarried women between the ages 17—45 years, 580 817.
According to this grouping, there were no less than 1 204 women to one
thousand men. The latter figures can be set down at no less than 1 442
to a thousand on an average, for the years 1751—75. In this respect, too,
a marked improvement has taken place, though interrupted by the periods
of greatest emigration. Yet the ratio must still be looked upon as rather
high. In Italy, during 1900, the figure was 1 018 and in France (1896)
only 986, and so the preponderance was in favour of unmarried men. In
Norway, on the other hand, the proportion of women, reckoned in this
way, rose to more than 1 400 per thousand men, showing a still greater
disproportion between the sexes than in Sweden.
The movement of population within the different läns.
The distribution of the population according to domicile, sex, age,
occupation, etc. constitutes what is usually called the Stand of the
population. The changes among the population through marriages, births,
deaths, immigration, and emigration constitute the second demographical
classification and is called the Movement of the population. Each of the
subjects belonging to this division is treated by itself in the following
pages; but, in order to save space, some principal data for the different
läns are collected and given in Table 19
Civil status and marriages.
The fairest picture of Sweden’s demography is that presented by the
chapter on mortality; essentially unsatisfactory, on the contrary, are those
presented by the chapters dealing with marriage statistics, and with those
of emigration, and in the most recent times, too, that which deals with
marriage-fecundity.
Table 19. Distribution of the Population according to Civil Status, per
million Inhabitants.1
Annually Children (under 15 years) Unmarried Married Widowers and widows
15—20 years 20—25 years 50—aj years 15—50 years 50-w years "Widowers Widows
1751- - 75 . - . 336 427 87 524 139 833 9 057 257 321 107 995 12 812 49 031
1776- -00 . . . 320 518 86 025 156 184 9 739 251 946 111 970 15 686 47 932
1801- -25 . . . 323 782 89 233 152 122 11712 246 198 109 463 16 057 51433
1826- -50 . . . 341475 96 744 149 348 13 102 239 052 96 731 15 595 47 95S
1851- -75 . . . 337 199 91 419 166 251 15 260 230 196 98 669 17 125 43 881
1876- -00 . . . 329 352 93 241 162 409 22 828 207 797 123 797 18 434 42 142
1910 317 101 91 271 173 195 29 844 202 056 125 824 19 570 41139
1 Partly based on approximate calculations.
9—1X3179. Sweden. I.
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