单词 | marriage rate |
释义 | > as lemmasmarriage rate marriage rate n. the ratio of the number of marriages to the population, usually calculated per thousand of population per year. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > official announcements, permission, or records > [noun] > records > proportion of marriages in population marriage rate1856 nuptiality1900 1856 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. Sept. 288 The marriage rate, which was low, is now slightly above the average rate; the birth rate is high. 1891 G. B. Longstaff Stud. in Statistics iii. 14 Speaking generally, the birth-rate corresponds to the marriage-rate, but with marked exceptions. 1970 W. D. Borrie Growth & Control World Population iv. 62 There was a suggestion of a considerable degree of rationality in the reactions of these populations to the food situation, with marriage rates rising in good times and falling in bad times. 1998 Isis 89 706/2 Why..did so many building econometricians circa 1900 regress prices to marriage rates? < as lemmas |
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