130 ORIGINS AND INTERMARRIAGE IN THE REGISTRATION AREA
the figure for the average group. One finds also that the combined positive influence of
length of residence and surplus of males was a little over twice as great as was the negative
influence of large numbers.
By substituting values for Xe, Xs and X4 in the above equation for each of the specified
stocks (using data given in Columns 3, 4 and 5 of Table 70) the expected value of Xj was
computed for each group. These are plotted in Chart 28 and the several points are con-
nected by straight lines. The actual values of Xi, as given in Column 1, Table 70, are also
‘ndicated on the chart and attention is directed to their distribution and its significance.
In the light of length of residence (as shown by percentage North American born),
percentage surplus males and the size of the group in Canada, the expected percentage of
intermarriage for the men of Swedish origin was 25 p.c.; the actual amount which had
occurred was 45 p.c., a proportion four-fifths greater than expectation. On the other hand,
the expected percentage of intermarriage for the men of Ukrainian origin was 20 p.c.; the
actual only 9 p.c. or less than half the expected. Of the 20 stocks, 19 are listed below, with
the actual amount of intermarriage expressed as a percentage of the computed expectation
in each case. The twentieth is the Hebrew stock, and as the expected rate in this case
worked out to practically zero, to express the 4 p.c. which actually occurred as a percentage
of expectation would be meaningless.
Rank
Origin
Actual
intermarriage
a8 percentage
of expected
{for males)
O.6c.
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The reason the coefficient of correlation was not higher than + -76 is made evident by
the above table. For many of the peoples the actual amount of intermarriage was con-
siderably in excess of the expected; for others, the actual rate fell far short of expectation.
Thus length of residence, sex distribution and numerical strength combined, are not adequate
to account for the behaviour of the different stocks in respect of intermarriage. The per-
formance of many of the groups differs very considerably from what was anticipated. The
question naturally arises as to why this should be so, and in seeking an answer one finds it
necessary to pass from the realm of extraneous and more or less accidental causes to a
consideration: of influences more intimately associated with hereditary and cultural
characteristics of the various stocks. Indeed there could be no more conclusive proof
that peculiarities of the different origin groups are of major importance in the matter of
assimilation than the fact that these external factors are not adequate to account for the
pehaviour of the data.
What then are the differences in terms of which an explanation must be found? There
are many types and only a few of the principal ones will be mentioned.
(1) Physiological This, coupled with associated psychological implications, occurs
first to the mind of the biologist when the term “stock” iz mentioned. Indeed the connota-
tion of the word is often confined to such characteristics. We have seen that between stocks
of different colour such barriers are of maior importance. How important phvsical differences
