Show I 1 I 1 women with no children the fact that the total population of the united states has fallen below the popular estimate of is likely to call attention to the fecundity of american women not long ago a newspaper took a census of the children in certain fashionable ciu quarters arters in new york city and brought to light the fact that comparatively few children gladden the spacious homes of murray hill and that the birth rate there was alarmingly low the last state census of massachusetts brings out some interesting facts in relation to the percentage tag of married ed women having no children here is is a table compiled from the massachusetts ce census esus showing the percentage of native and of foreign born bom women having no children native foreign born borm born the Th state estate mis 2018 1 B 1695 uta 7 berkshire 1793 bat bristol 1961 1803 dukes kes 2000 1189 E espex Es aex e 1943 1378 18 franklin ankUn Fr 1933 1120 hampden 2086 1198 hampshire 2023 itel 1261 middlesex 1353 1352 nantucket 11 1728 10 o 2703 norfolk Kor folk 1 I 1763 1107 2107 plymouth 1853 1858 suffolk 2389 1401 Wol worcester cester 1089 1099 here we find that one fifth of the married women of massachusetts are childless it is said that in no country bavo france can a similar condition of affairs be found on the other hand instead of over 20 per cent only 1327 per cent of the foreign born women of massachusetts are childless what is true of this state is undoubted undoubtedly lv in a greater or less d degree agree true throughout the country the time has come when we must face the fact that the increase of population by birth is decreasing that the tendency of the times among well to do americans is to small families and that one fifth of our native married women aro are childless chicago tribune |