A Social Study of the Russian German Figs 
Persons MarriED PER 1,000 TorTAL POPULATION 
Europe: 
Felivttl rch Taye eeU Taya Sictale cys tenstacocte omalsy obec afeistousiane & TOOOR ee 17.7 
(GOTTEN NS Sele ene ele OES BEI RIC a iOS TOOO!s sets 17.0 
Baslemel giadl WIGS oh onospbodccode dposaaod LOO; ee 16.0 
INRSIENOGLN Sahin Sick Satm H SaB Doe ene, SOIR eee ie WYO occsccnc 9.6 
HRUIS Siiclvamraes areal PUG ah meee neuer eam SS rey SUES alla Gens LOO2Z—1900. . suis =: 17.8 
United States: 
ING LENA B's Sito ais Go omens cima asin 1893-18097........ 17.5 
INE bpaslcame esc ais Wo ict GENIN 5 needs ice FOLO—1OT3).- 5. 18.3 
Warnicasters oumtiy, secre oe emece tee UOMC=TOW 6 on o00¢ 28.6 
Anthracite Coal Towns of Pennsylvania ...1899-I901........ 24.0 
IRwesian Germans aa ILjimeobi 5sscccoccencnc TOU), WONG occuoce Piols 
The marriage rate for the Russian Germans is decidedly in 
advance of the rates for the European countries or for the United 
States. The rate for Lancaster county is raised to unusual pro- 
portions by out-of-town “trade.” The fact that it is the capital 
city brings many young people here for their marriage ceremony, 
particularly during the state fair which occurs in the late summer. 
Hence this rate needs to be refined before it can be used for 
purposes of comparison. 
The fact that two immigrant groups so vastly different as the 
Slav miners in Pennsylvania and the Russian Germans in Lincoln, 
Nebraska, present the same phenomenon of an increased mar- 
riage rate in the United States, suggests the probability of this 
being a general law. The marriage rate for Hungary, one of the 
highest of any of the European States, is 17.7; but the Slavs in 
Pennsylvania have a rate of 24.0. In the Protestant colonies on 
the Volga, the marriage rate is about 17.8; while among the 
Russian Germans in Lincoln, it rises to 21.5. 
Various conditions are favorable to this high marriage rate 
among the Russian Germans in Lincoln. Among the first of 
these is an equal distribution of the sexes due to their almost 
universal custom of emigrating by families. The age distribu- 
tion, on the other hand, is not’such as to encourage a high mar- 
riage rate, for, as we have noted, a comparatively small number 
the data concerning the Slavs. For Russia, see Webb, New Dictionary of 
Statistics, 615. 
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