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are given. These will not, however, materially affect the results. 

 -What is recorded here is the result of 316 marriages, and concerns 618 

 parents — not, of course, an adequate sample of the people of Great 

 Britain, but, being drawn from all parts of the country and from every 

 section of the great ' middle ' class, sufficient, perhaps, until more ade- 

 quate testimony can be obtained, to throw some light on all the previous 

 statistics. 



The first division of the marriages is into two classes; marriages 

 with families intentionally limited, and marriages with families not 

 so limited. 



In order to avoid clumsy sentences, the term ' limited marriage' 

 will be used to signify a marriage in which the family is intentionally 

 limited, and the term ' unlimited marriage' one in which it has not 

 been so limited. The following table gives all the marriages returned, 

 arranged by the date and classified as limited (L) and unlimited (TJ), 



1. Are you married ? 



Those who have been married should return themselves as 



married. In cases of second marriages each should be 

 dealt with separately. A second paper will be sent if 

 desired. 



2. Is your sex Male ? 



3. Age last birthday ? 



4. Date of marriage ? 



Further returns from persons married before 1870 are 



not necessary as the period to be investigated goes back 

 only 30 years. 



5. Age of Husband at Marriage ? 



6. Age of Wife at Marriage ? 



7. Particulars of Children born (including still-born children) 



Date of Birth. 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



7. 

 8. 



Sex. 



M. F. 



Date of Death.* 



* This is only asked for as relevant to the inquiry in cases 

 of death under five years of age. 



8. Do you expect to have any more (or any) children?.... 



9. In your marriage have any steps been taken to render 



it childless, or to limit the number of children born?. . . 



10. If yes, during what years have such steps been taken?.. 



11. Has there been any exceptional cause (such as the death 



or serious illness of husband or wife) tending to the 

 limitation of the number of your children? (If pos- 

 sible, state the cause.) 



12. Observations. Any person willing to add any remarks 

 throwing light on the foregoing return is requested to 

 do so. 



Yes. 



No. 



