THE DECLINING BIRTH RATE 



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The decline of the birth rate in two other colleges is shown in the 

 following table: 



Families of Graduates of Middlehury and New York Universities 



Number of Children 



In general, the graduates of women's colleges show a lower 

 birth rate than the graduates of colleges for men. The marriage 

 rate for women graduates is low. Miss Nearing^ on the basis of an 

 extended study, says "College women do not marry probably in 

 fifty cases out of one hundred given sufficient time out of college." 

 The following table from Professor Amy Hewes gives the marriage 

 and birth rates of the graduates of Mt. Holyoke College: 



The Families of Mt. Holyoke Graduates 



Dates of 



Graduation 



1842-49 

 1850-59 

 1860-69 

 1870-79 

 1880-89 

 1890-92 



Per Cent 



Single 



Per Cent 

 Married 



•4 



5 



9 



•4 



.6 



Children per 

 Married Graduate 



2.77 



338 

 2.64 



2-75 

 2.54 

 1. 91 



Children per 

 Graduate 



2-37 



2.55 

 1.60 



1.63 



1.46 



•95 



1 Pubs. Am. Stat. Ass., 14, 156-174, 1914. 



