Show 1932 decreases U S weddings divorces census officials cite job scarcity as reason washington cupid cu has hag been lilt hit by the depressioN but ills bitterest enemy divorce has suffered cien more the bureau of the census has disclosed ill a that the third year of the depression p res slon 1932 saw a sharp decrease both in and divorces the bureau gave no 00 reasons but officials express their belief that binem unemployment reduced earning power and lad lack of confidence in the immediate future were responsible marriages in 1932 totaled the bureau reported compared with in 1931 a decrease of 75 per cent the decline began in 1030 1930 with a drop of 59 50 per cent divorces were 29 in 1932 compared with in the previous year the decrease was per cc cent mt while the decline was 11 41 per cent there were in a 1932 the bureau stated 79 marriages for every 1000 persons in the count rys total population of as compared with 85 in 1931 when the population was at the same time there were divorces for every 1000 of population in 1932 as against in 1931 1031 viewing figures by states in arriving at the national percentage decrease in the number of weddings the bureau found the declines la in various states ranging from a drop of per cent in iowa to only 08 per cent in texas in ten states the bureau found increases in the number of marriages these gains were attributed inferentially onti ally lly by the statistical census officials to eluding stringent marriage laws by skipping across a state to the nearest parson in a more liberal neighboring state all AH ten states the bureau said adjoin those in which recent changes made la in the marriage laws require from three to live fire days to elapse between the application tor for a marriage license and the issuance of 0 the same the ten states with the rate of 0 their increased wedding activity were missouri 35 per cent south dakota 27 per cent nebraska CC 06 per cent west virginia 17 per cent mississippi 51 per cent arkansas 52 per cent oklahoma less than one tenth of 1 per cent new mexico 6 per cent arizona I 1 per cent and utah one halt of I 1 per cent for e acry ery divorce in this country during 1032 1932 the bureau disclosed ed there were 61 marriages this represented a distinct gain tor for the marriages last year there were 58 weddings for every divorce nevada leads lead list nevada with its reno lieno continued to lead the list of states in the of divorces to marriages nevada reported nearly as many endings as beginnings of married life there were only 18 weddings ned diDgs for every divorce in the state new york and the district of columbia on the other hand reported and weddings tor for every divorce during the year in illinois during the year the national slump in both barrag marriages e s and divorces was reflected alchu although g h the decline in divorces was by far the heavier weddings in the state numbered the bureau revealed for a decrease of 91 per cent divorces totaled declining by per cent from the preceding year there were 55 marriages tor for every divorce and 84 ved weddings dings for every 1000 of 0 population in the state as compared with divorces wisconsin reported marriages during the year for a decrease of 51 per cent from 1931 divorces totaled 1 2358 1358 I 1 in the state declining by per cent there were 0 6 marriages for every divorce and 47 weddings and divorces for every 1000 of population in indiana marriages numbered dropping by 59 per cent while divorces totaled for a decrease of per cent for every divorce there were 57 weddings while for every 1000 inhabitants of the state there were 11 marriage and divorces |