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as a result, a greater proportion of the local population is married today than was the case a generation or two ago. This is true despite the rise in the divorce rate. The trend disproves the wide ly-held belief that this is an age in which the divorce rate is increasing much faster than the marital rate. On the basis of data compiled by the Census Bureau in a nationwide sampling, the reverse \fppears to be true. It shows that, although the actual number of divorces is much greater in most parts of the country than in earlier years, the rise is not that sharp in terms of population. It has been more than offset, furthermore, b> the rising pm portion it! people in the “married" column. sueh has been the case in Rappahannock Counts. A.cord mg to the latest government tigures, no less thane2.2 percent of the local population, above age 14, are married. home c0.4 percent of the men in that age group and b4.0 percent • >t the svome i are listed as niarru d.
» • c e c-.sus Bureau*- surses which >\ or- Noe, reseals th u ; :n .! all women m the eo.ntrs and 2.3 percent, >t a !! mm , i n is e age 1 4, h i • c bee", dis i r e ■ ■ d and base not remarri'.nl. B s wa . 4 v-.-ntr ist, ha k m lson u ssas mis o.4|' pern ent ->t the SS men md o.3 ( ereent of the me-.
47.1%