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
