Table 13. Fertility Ratios for 1940 and 1950 and the Proportion of Increase Due to 

 Changes in Number of Children to 4 years and to Women 15 to 44 Years Old 



1 Negative sign = net increase in age group 15-44. 



The birth rate increased between 1940 and 1950 with a noticeable 

 bulge in births per 1,000 population in 1947, 1943, and 1949. 



Table 14. Refined Birth Rate in New Hampshire — 1941 to 1950 



Year 

 1941 

 1942 

 1943 

 1944 

 1945 

 1946 

 1947 

 1948 

 1949 

 1950 



The birth rate followed the same pattern as the marriages per 1,000 

 population with a year's lag. The marriage rate and the birth rate in 1950 

 were above what they were in 1940. The marital status of the New Hamp- 

 shire population indicates a higher proportion married in 1950 than in 

 1940. 



Table 15. Percentage of Population 14 Years and Over, Single, 

 Married, and Widowed or Divorced 



Males 

 1940 1950 



Females 

 1940 1950 



Single 



Married 



Widowed/Divorced 



34.7 



58.0 



7.1 



26.9 



65.7 



7.4 



29.4 

 56.9 



13.7 



22.5 

 62.6 

 14.9 



The number of children to 4 for every 1,000 women 15 to 44 was 

 greater in 1950 than in 1940 for every county. The increased ratio was 

 less in Belknap, Cheshire. Rockingham, and Strafford counties because of 

 in-migration of females 15 to 44. The ratios in Carroll, Coos, Grafton, and 

 Sullivan were higher because of a decrease in the proportion of women in 



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