Sessional_Paper_1931 — Page 137

Europeans.

Eurasians.

Local Portuguese.

Indians.

126

Marriage among Chinese females is, apart from infant marriages, uncommon before the age of 17 or 18. In the New Territories by age 21 there are more married females than unmarried of the same age; Afloat this is true of age 20, prob- ably because the young women, unless they marry, leave the boat and seek work elsewhere; but in the urban area it is not until age 22 is reached that the married females exceed the unmarried in numbers. By age 21 most of the women in the New Territories and Afloat are married but in the urban area the married females are not greatly in the majority until the age of 24 or 25 is reached.

For males the age is later,--23 in the New Territories, 24 in the urban districts, and 25 in the more difficult home making conditions afloat-before the married males exceed in numbers the unmarried of the same age.

In the case of the British races, to take only one example of non-Chinese, females who are married exceed in number those unmarried from 24 years of age onwards but in the case of males this condition is not attained until the age of 31 is reached.

Table 23.

NON-CHINESE RACES-CONJUGAL CONDITION.

Japanese.

Others.

Grand

Totals,

Totals

British Races.

Other European Races & U.S.A.

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Single

Married

1,789 51-39%

1,627

46.74%

53

Widowed

1.52%

12

1,326 45.39% 1,490 51.01% 101 3.46% 4

492 61-42% 285 35-58% 19

2.37% 5

Divorced

·35%

-14%

Totals

3,481

100.00%

2,921 100.00%

.63%

801 100-00

390 52-00% 298 39.78%

52 6-93% 10 1-34%

316 81-65% 66 17.05% 5

348 77.68%%%

17-19% 23

1.80%

5.23%

1,021 68-57%

427. 28-68% 40 2.682% 1

1,064 82:31% 457 26-98% 172 10-15%

1,476 57-23% 1,049 40-67%

53

2.06%

1

413 54.63% 305 40-34%

38 5.03%

554 55.46% 435 43.54% 10 1·00%

893 46.95% 406 48.51%

38 4.54%

294 63.09% 162 34.76%

9 1.93% 1

243 60-15% 123 30-45%

38 9.40%

5,942 58-24%

4,177

10,119

53.48%

56.18%

4,051

3,156

7,207

39.71% 189

70 20

40-41%

40.01%

462

651

1-85%

5.92%

3.61%

15

35

-07%

-06%

.04%

.22%

20%

·19%

-20%

750

100-00

387 100.00

448 100.00

1,489

1,694

2,579

100.00

100.00

100-00

756 100-00

999 100.00

837

100.00

466 100.00

404 100.00

10,202

7,810

18,012

100.00

100-00

100.00

6,402

1,551

835

3,183

3,335

1,836

870

18,012

Defence Forces.

Mercantile Marine.

Total

British Races

Indians

Non-Chinese

Males

Females

Males

Females

Single

5,332

69-40%

Married

2,812

30.09%

Widowed

31

457 35.98% 803 63.23% 10

729 56-69% 545

21 29.58%

750

50

42.38% 70-42%

55-27% 595 43.84%

8

8

.40%

.79%

.62%

.59%

Divorced

8

4

4

-11%

-31%

-80%

Totals

7,683

1,270

1,286

71

1,357

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00