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deliberately not reported. In respect to individuals who died prior 

 to 1910, there were instances where no person was alive after 1935 

 who was in a position to give complete information on the marriage 

 record. Table 5 shows four individuals in their thirties who had been 

 married four times. Actually, of individuals in their twenties in 1950 

 or who died before reaching 30, two women and one man had already 

 married four times, one man and one woman three times. 



Table 6. — Average number of marriages among Ramah Navahos 



I In 1950 or at age of death. 



It wUl be noted from table 5 that only one man past the age of 60 

 had had only a single marriage. As a conservative approximation — 

 at least for the period before the intensive acculturation of the last 

 15 years — we can make the following statements. It was very un- 

 likely that any man would reach old age without having been married 

 to at least two different women. A great many would have had three 

 wives and a considerable number four or more. A fair number of 

 women would have had only a single husband by the age of 60, but 

 many would also have had two, three, or more. Most fertile men 

 and women who lived to the age of 60 would have had children from 

 at least two different spouses. 



One other matter requires explicit mention. Ramah Navaho men 

 who reached the age of 30 without marriage, are not known to have 

 had children through affairs. This does not apply to the women. 

 Of the 12 women who had not married by 30 or later, 3 had had 1 or 

 more children. Also, a number of women who have been widowed 

 or divorced for some years have continued to bear children. 



Table 7 presents the age and sex composition of the population as 

 of September 1, 1950. 



GENERAL HEALTH 



Medical examination of 466 men, women, and children in 1948 and 

 1950 showed 37 percent to be undernourished and less than 1 percent 

 to be overweight. Ninety-one percent were recorded as in good, gen- 

 eral health. It should be noted, however, that these examinations 

 took place in the summer, when respiratory ailments are least prom- 

 inent. All fieldworkers over the years have had a strong impression 



