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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2015 Sep;41(3):381–407. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2015.00065.x

Table 1.

Ratio Males (25-30)/Females(20-25) and Mean Age at Marriage by Sex (1955) in First-Wave Developers

Country Males 25-30
(thousands)		 Females 20-25
(thousands)		 Males (25-
30)/Females(20-25)		 Mean Age At
Marriage
(Males)		 Mean Age At
Marriage
(Females)
Sweden 236 212 1.11 26.20 23.20
France 1,633 1,539 1.06 25.30 22.50
US 6,108 5,582 1.09 23.30 20.60
Belgium 328 311 1.05 24.80 22.00
Norway 117 101 1.17 25.60 22.20
UK 1,700 1,629 1.04 24.80 21.80

Notes: Due to data unavailability for 1955, mean age at marriage represents values in 1960.