268 Duration of Marriage and Number of Of spring 
some who had been married under 1 year, and between 1 and 2 years, and were 
aged 20 at census, belong to the age at marriage group under 20. So also 
do some women aged 21 to 25 years, and who had been married 2 and under 
5 years. If we take duration of marriage b to 10 years with age at census 20 — 25, 
we see that the whole of these women must have been married at under age 20. 
But so too do some who were aged 25 — 30 with the same duration of marriage, 
but we are unable to determine how many. I have therefore been obliged to 
confine the investigation to such groups as are absolutely certain. Another 
difficulty has to be faced when we reach the duration of marriage sufficient to 
yield 11 or more children. To effect the distribution of families beyond 10 
TABLE XXIV. 
Distribution of Fertility amongst Wives Married at Age under 20 Years. 
Experie)ice of New South Wales Census, 1901. 
Number 
of 
Childreij 
in 
Family 
0 
1 
2 
3 
h 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
IS 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
Totals 
Average 
Family 
Per cent, 
without 
issue 
Duration of Marriage 
Under 5 years 
Wives 
1171 
1166 
188 
22 
Total 
Children 
1166 
376 
66 
2547 
1608 
•63 
46-0 
5 and under 10 
years 
Wives 
166 
438 
1026 
1034 
422 
83 
17 
4 
Total 
Children 
438 
2052 
3102 
1688 
415 
102 
28 
3190 : 7825 
2-45 
5-20 
10 aud under lo 
years 
Wives 
120 
228 
376 
624 
812 
864 
484 
155 
39 
9 
1 
Total 
Children 
228 
752 
1872 
3248 
4320 
2904 
1085 
312 
81 
10 
3712 14812 
3-99 
3-23 
15 and under 20 
years 
Wives 
89 
158 
195 
289 
429 
490 
583 
520 
398 
170 
72 
36 
3429 
Total 
Cliildren 
158 
390 
867 
1716 
2450 
3498 
3640 
3184 
1530 
720 
396 
18549 
5-41 
2-60 
20 and under 25 
years 
Wives 
77 
88 
162 
170 
231 
312 
330 
396 
367 
314 
260 
34 
2799 
Total 
Children 
77 
176 
456 
680 
1155 
1872 
2310 
3168 
3303 
3140 
2860 
408 
19605 
7-00 
2-43 
25 and under 30 
years 
Wives 
44 
41 
63 
65 
83 
105 
141 
167 
237 
272 
333 
271 
208 
131 
77 
46 
19 
9 
6 
3 
1 
2322 
Total 
Children 
41 
126 
195 
332 
525 
846 
1169 
1896 
2448 
3330 
2981 
2496 
1703 
1078 
690 
304 
153 
108 
57 
20 
20498 
8 -83 
1-90 
