In Manhattan, the Institute of Social and Religious Research published results of "the first tabulation of U. S. census data for villages [250 to 2,500 inhabitants] ever made." Averages: To each 100 village wives between 15 and 45 years, 157 children, compared to 128 children for city-dwelling wives. In "distinctly farming areas," 195 children to 100 wives.
In villages, 95 men to every 100 women, compared to 109 farm-men to every 100 farm-women.
In villages of the Far West, where men outnumbered women 105 to 100, only 22.6% of the women were unmarried. In...
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