THE CAUSES OF THE DECLINING BIRTH RATE 147 
Marriage Rates per 10,000 of the Population in Germany 
Germany| Prussia | Bavaria | Saxony | Berlin 
TSAI =$O5 sseecn ed 81 86 66 86 93 
SST O0seicc soci 78 84 64 85 97 
TSOTS7 Ohne s can 85 85 87 89 113 
1871-80.......... 86 87 84 94 I19g 
TOST=00,4 - anced 78 80 69 gl 107 
I8QI-00.......... 82 83 77 gl IOI 
TLQ00 ace ster heene 85 85.5 
1Q05.s5 vacveweees 80.5 81 
TOIOn cies eee es 77 77-5 
TOL 2h: 2c sauee teas 78.5 80 
The marriage rate of France shows a considerable degree of 
constancy over a long period. It reached its lowest figure, 60.5, 
in 1870, the year of the Franco-Prussian War, and its highest 
rate, 97.5, in 1872, the year after the war. During the first 
twelve years of the zoth century the marriage rate in France 
showed a very slight increase. The marriage rate in France since 
the beginning of the last century is shown in the following table: 
Marriage Rate in France 
TWSOIA1O wv esies ea es 76 TOQO2 sc eee es aes 
TSTO=205 Late aries 719 LOQOFsa shia es 75-5 
1820-30 si. 000526 88 TOQO4 ss. ee Sikes 76 
1830-403 vere we es 80 TOS. es veces 17 
T840-50; sous ws ate 80 1900.5 .22c026-3 78 
TOSOOL Ai uwens 19 TOOFig es gus 80 
1860-70......... 78 TOOSs a eee ois 80 
TS7O“BO vie Biogas 80 T9002.) Geek dae 78 
1880-90......-.- 714 TOTO: 34. d0u.ces 78 
1890-00......... 75 IQM1ea savas se 17-5 
19007 wadasiGawas 77-5 TOQT2s. dee g: 79 
