Show U S leads le a ds in in high rate of marriage facts are brought out in in international survey SAN FRANCISCO the united states is the most marrying nation in the world according to an international survey just completed here without legislative promotion premiums subsidies and other means mean s employed by some european countries to encourage marriage and raise birth rates the marriage rate in the united states for a number of 0 years has been a little e in in excess of 10 per 1000 of population tion the survey shows in the meantime germanys germanas Germ anys marriage rate has shrunk from per 1000 of population in 1934 to 91 in 1937 the austrian rate is 65 per 1000 and the czechoslovakian czecho slovakian rate before the count rys dismemberment was 83 in italy where a bachelors tax is imposed to spur marriage and baby bonuses to encourage it its former marriage rate of 67 in 1935 has increased to 86 other governmental measures to increase the birth rate however have not been so successful in fact the birth rate is steadily decreasing from a peak rate of in the 1921 25 period it dropped to in 1937 in the two great democracies of europe england and france the marriage rate in the former is 86 per 1000 an increase in recent years while that of france shows a decline to 66 per cent the latter is regarded to be due largely to unfavorably economic conditions the united states still maintains a relatively high birth rate being in 1938 compared to a rate of during the 1921 25 period while all other countries show a decline in birth rate since the period the united states is still exceeded by japan with a birth rate of about 20 per 1000 germany and italy austria and the now dismembered czechoslovakia czecho slovakia showed the lowest rates slightly above 13 per 1000 of population |