Origin, birthplace, nationality and language of the Canadian people

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Identifikator:: 1794974814

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-182133

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Origin, birthplace, nationality and language of the Canadian people

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Acland

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 224 S.; Diagramme

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VI. Origins and intermarriage in the registration area in Canada

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128 ORIGINS AND INTERMARRIAGE IN THE REGISTRATION AREA sex distribution and in the behaviour of the sexes (entirely apart from their relative num- bers), should be kept in mind as possible factors in explaining the differences in the per- centages of males and females married to wives and husbands of origins other than their own. Attention is now directed to another aspect of sex distribution and probably the most important one. How far do differences in the proportions of surplus men account for the differences appearing in the percentages of men of the several origins who have inter- married with other stocks? Obviously they are related. The Greeks with 370 p.c. surplus males show an intermarriage figure of 51-3 p.c. for their men, while the Belgians with only 38 p.c. surplus males show the small figure of 28-2 p.c. of their married males married to wives of different origin. The length of residence of the two peoples on the North American continent is about the same. While there are instances where the connection is not so obvious, it will be demonstrated that a positive relation between surplus males and pro- portions intermarrying always exists. TABLE 70.—INTERMARRIAGE, SEX DISTRIBUTION, PERCENTAGE NORTH AMERICAN BORN AND PROPORTIONS OF TOTAL POPULATION IN CANADA, FOR SPECIFIED ORIGINS, 1921. Jrigin \rmenisan....... Coven \ustrian......, gan Ceneeaneen ‘elgian........ y gh HERR eR Ge ‘hinese....... J per rp Tench, ria, os nnn mnie «SEA BEE TERRE § Janish......... . ie wnt vie 8 women any wld wibeelle 4 dutch. ...... Caen ‘innish......... sin ERSTE i ARIAS alician.... — Jerman...... . S— wa Jreek....... _. Sows ng go Hebrew..... wr an dungarian.................. vee celandic......... .... vee talian.......... ..........L Crees TADBNESR Leu tersarsar verre urease anaes MORI pncirs wiscornonisy gw ainaies WERTRES Pognisie #ewmtcns Saas ws Norwegian. ...... TR 20HD oii sii ia § Eine emamnn ERR SE 8 » ROUMANIAN. tutte s vrennaaraeematneereeesanenas ©on, LY 3eTbO-Croatian... .....uuuururireeeeareeereeaerisraernonn a A ——— TR RR BYTion..c ouues on Tkreinian.. Per cent of married males | ma ried to wives of different origin! 29-7 10-¢ 28 48:1 7-7 34-7 in, 0 oe? e Per cent of married females married to husbands of different origin 13-2 14-0 28.9 5-4 11 41.2! 62:2 0-8 1 10. 2 Per cent of surplus walesin | population 21 years | of age and over 57 38 736 3.263 41 67 13 61 «if kt Per cent of origin North American born £-4 53-4 27-0 15:6 7-6 55-8 91-4 21-7 3-6 9H 5-2 2-8 4-2 4-4 31-4 r9.8 5-9 7-4 ‘1-8 5 Sef 423-3 54-2 75.0 52-8 Bd. nN Per cent which adults of each origin constitute of total adult population nf Canadas 0-97 0-23 0-03 0-71 0-09 0-24 1-33 n.94 3-26 0-08 1-27 0-12 0.18 0-70 0-22 0-22 0-77 0-50 0-14 0-92 0-056 0-73 0-16 0-08 0-91 - As shown by parentage of children born in the Registration Area in 1921. The Size of the Group—A third factor which is in no way hereditary and at the same time can be definitely measured, is the proportion that the several groups constitute of the total population. Other things being equal, the smaller the group the more easily it will be assimilated by marriage with the numerically dominant groups among which it is placed, and conversely, the larger the group the greater the difficulty. One might cite instances from Table 70 to illustrate the point. As in the case of length of residence and sex distribution, however, there are many cases where it is submerged by other influences. Correlation—The method of analysis followed hitherto has obvious limitations. When the amount of intermarriage is compared with any one of the factors mentioned above, namely, length of residence, sex distribution or size of group, it is found that the other two exercise a disturbing influence sometimes counteracting and sometimes accentuating the affect of the factor under consideration. The facet is that all three are overative at the

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