The share it acquired depended on the daughters' present circumstances, on whether they were unmarried, married, or returned from marriage as a widow or divorcée.
A few donors were healthy unmarried students aged 18-24 years, whose medical and family histories were known.
Throughout this paper, the term 'unmarried' refers to respondents who have not been involved in either formal or informal unions.
In both 1851 and 1881 they were living in households containing lower than average numbers of unmarried offspring.
Most married women and widows were classified by the occupations of their husbands, because the bulk of women with occupations of their own were unmarried.
As can be seen, no significant interaction was found for any variable except the variables : being unmarried and to a lesser extent, a recent divorce.
Also, contrary to the expectations of those who design family planning programmes, contraceptors are most likely to be found amongst the young and the unmarried.
Or, do unmarried women in those countries contribute significantly more births in proportion to their numbers than women in the lower ranked nations?
