are given. These will not, however, materially affect the results. What is recorded here is the result of 316 marriages, and concerns 618 parents—not, of course, an adequate sample of the people of Great Britain, but, being drawn from all parts of the country and from every section of the great 'middle' class, sufficient, perhaps, until more adequate testimony can be obtained, to throw some light on all the previous statistics.
The first division of the marriages is into two classes; marriages with families intentionally limited, and marriages with families not so limited.
In order to avoid clumsy sentences, the term 'limited marriage' will be used to signify a marriage in which the family is intentionally limited, and the term 'unlimited marriage' one in which it has not been so limited. The following table gives all the marriages returned, arranged by the date and classified as limited (L) and unlimited (U),
| Yes. | No. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Are you married? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Those who have been married should return themselves as married. In cases of second marriages each should be dealt with separately. A second paper will be sent if desired. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Is your sex Male? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Age last birthday? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | Date of marriage? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Further returns from persons married before 1870 are not necessary as the period to be investigated goes back only 30 years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Age of Husband at Marriage? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Age of Wife at Marriage? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Particulars of Children born (including still-born children) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * | This is only asked for as relevant to the inquiry in cases of death under five years of age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. | Do you expect to have any more (or any) children?. . . . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. | In your marriage have any steps been taken to render it childless, or to limit the number of children born?. . . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10. | If yes, during what years have such steps been taken?. . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. | Has there been any exceptional cause (such as the death or serious illness of husband or wife) tending to the limitation of the number of your children? (If possible, state the cause.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12. | Observations. Any person willing to add any remarks throwing light on the foregoing return is requested to do so. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
