Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1884 — Marriages in Switzerland. [ARTICLE]

Marriages in Switzerland.

An analysis of the number of marriages in Swi’zerland, published by the -Statistical Office of Berne, shows that the proportion is very lew as compared with other countries, being about 7.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. Of every 1,000 men and 1,000 woman of marriageable age forty-niDe men and th ; rty-eight women are married. The figures show a falling off in marriage, and also an in -rease in dtvoro- . The causes are said to be religions differences and an increased mixture of races.