Show MARRIED STATUS STATU Of U. U 5 MAlE INCREASES I I I Condition 7 However Is Believed Be Be- Due to Greater Immigration Immigration Immigration Im Im- migration W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan 26 The Thc Tho pro proportion proportion pro pro- portion of ot married men to the total male population of ot the tho country 15 16 years of age age and over oyer increased from 55 8 per cent to o per cent In the theten theten theten ten years preceding the 1920 census according to statistics made public to today today today to- to day by the census bureau The bureau bureau hureau bu hu- reau believed however that this was probably more Indicative of ot a a. change In the age composition of ot the population tion tion-an tion an ise ls In the percentage of ot males between 15 and 25 years of ot otage age ago due to Increased a ed Immigration immigration- than a growing propensity to matri matri- mon mony Of Ot the total male p population or ot above the 15 year classification classification cation atlon the census fl figures pes showed 21 married widowed and J divorced the latter figure however Including none divorced and amI remarried The divorce total showed an nn Increase ale of ot 20 per cent Although due to the absence of ot the wives of ot many foreign-born foreign residents the number of ot married women was shown to be about less than the male total the number of ot divorced women exceeded men by approximately 40 representing closely losely the difference difference difference differ differ- differ differ- ence between the number of or men and women remarried after divorce BV By states Massachusetts led the I field in the proportion of ot single women with a percentage of although the district of ot Columbia exceeded that with per cent V Wyoming led with 70 5 per cent inthe Inthe in inthe the proportion of married women while hile the largest proportion of ot married mar- mar rid ried rl d men per cent was shown for Mississippi l and Arkansas and the smallest per cen cent for Ne Ne- I vad vada I |