CONJUGAL CONDITION.—GENERAL SUMMARY: NUMBERS, AND PROPORTIONS PER CENT.

TABLE II.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris and Chinese) the Numbers, and Proportions per Cent., of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and Divorced Males and Females, at various Ages, as shown by the Census of the 29th April, 1906.

| Ages. | Numbers. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Proportions to every 100 living at each Age. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Males. | | | | | | Females. | | | | | | | | | | Males. | | | | | Females. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Total. | Unmarried. | Husbands. | Widowers. | Divorced. | Not stated. | Total. | Unmarried. | Wives. | Widows. | Divorced. | Not stated. | | Unmarried. | Husbands. | Widowers. | Divorced. | Unmarried. | Wives. | Widows. | Divorced. |
| All ages .. | 468,493 | 310,729 | 143,920 | 12,618 | 351 | 875 | 417,515 | 252,414 | 142,851 | 21,649 | 256 | 345 | | 66·45 | 30·78 | 2·70 | 0·07 | 60·51 | 34·24 | 5·19 | 0·06 |
| Specified ages .. | 468,021 | 310,513 | 143,838 | 12,599 | 349 | 722 | 417,275 | 252,324 | 142,736 | 21,625 | 256 | 334 | | 66·45 | 30·78 | 2·70 | 0·07 | 60·52 | 34·23 | 5·19 | 0·06 |
| 14 years and upwards | 334,747 | 177,239 | 143,838 | 12,599 | 349 | 722 | 288,309 | 123,358 | 142,736 | 21,625 | 256 | 334 | | 53·06 | 43·06 | 3·77 | 0·11 | 42·84 | 49·56 | 7·51 | 0·09 |
| Under 14 years .. | 133,274 | 133,274 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 128,966 | 128,966 | .. | .. | .. | .. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 14 years to 15 years | 8,860 | 8,860 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8,656 | 8,655 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 99·99 | 0·01 | 0·01 | .. |
| 15 " 16 " | 8,326 | 8,326 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8,151 | 8,150 | .. | .. | .. | .. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 99·99 | .. | 0·01 | .. |
| 16 " 17 " | 8,677 | 8,675 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8,551 | 8,541 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | | 99·98 | 0·02 | .. | .. | 99·88 | 0·12 | .. | .. |
| 17 " 18 " | 8,682 | 8,678 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 8,578 | 8,502 | 71 | .. | .. | .. | | 99·95 | 0·05 | .. | .. | 99·17 | 0·83 | .. | .. |
| 18 " 19 " | 9,145 | 9,124 | 18 | 1 | .. | 2 | 8,883 | 8,628 | 249 | .. | 1 | 5 | | 99·79 | 0·20 | 0·01 | .. | 97·18 | 2·81 | .. | 0·01 |
| 19 " 20 " | 9,380 | 9,333 | 44 | .. | .. | 3 | 8,703 | 8,101 | 597 | 2 | .. | 3 | | 99·53 | 0·47 | .. | .. | 93·12 | 6·86 | 0·02 | .. |
| 20 " 21 " | 9,100 | 8,965 | 122 | 1 | .. | 12 | 8,708 | 7,591 | 1,101 | 4 | .. | 12 | | 98·65 | 1·34 | 0·01 | .. | 87·29 | 12·66 | 0·05 | .. |
| 21 " 25 " | 40,145 | 36,290 | 3,720 | 34 | 2 | 99 | 36,517 | 25,333 | 11,052 | 60 | 11 | 61 | | 90·62 | 9·29 | 0·08 | 0·01 | 69·49 | 30·32 | 0·16 | 0·03 |
| 25 " 30 " | 49,110 | 31,703 | 17,024 | 223 | 29 | 131 | 43,133 | 18,693 | 24,030 | 306 | 41 | 63 | | 64·73 | 34·76 | 0·45 | 0·06 | 43·40 | 55·79 | 0·71 | 0·10 |
| 30 " 35 " | 37,587 | 15,617 | 21,419 | 409 | 40 | 102 | 32,614 | 8,899 | 23,025 | 606 | 42 | 42 | | 41·66 | 57·14 | 1·09 | 0·11 | 27·32 | 70·69 | 1·86 | 0·13 |
| 35 " 40 " | 32,098 | 9,216 | 22,191 | 576 | 45 | 70 | 27,788 | 5,185 | 21,453 | 1,059 | 60 | 31 | | 28·77 | 69·29 | 1·80 | 0·14 | 18·68 | 77·29 | 3·81 | 0·22 |
| 40 " 45 " | 24,152 | 5,625 | 17,726 | 698 | 43 | 60 | 20,928 | 2,805 | 16,622 | 1,438 | 32 | 31 | | 23·35 | 73·57 | 2·90 | 0·18 | 13·42 | 79·54 | 6·88 | 0·16 |
| 45 " 50 " | 21,125 | 4,301 | 15,772 | 963 | 47 | 42 | 17,003 | 1,612 | 13,414 | 1,941 | 22 | 14 | | 20·40 | 74·81 | 4·57 | 0·22 | 9·49 | 78·96 | 11·42 | 0·13 |
| 50 " 55 " | 17,954 | 3,299 | 13,344 | 1,223 | 35 | 53 | 13,562 | 939 | 10,333 | 2,261 | 17 | 12 | | 18·43 | 74·54 | 6·83 | 0·20 | 6·93 | 76·26 | 16·69 | 0·12 |
| 55 " 60 " | 13,743 | 2,357 | 10,150 | 1,176 | 28 | 32 | 10,958 | 590 | 7,697 | 2,647 | 12 | 12 | | 17·19 | 74·03 | 8·58 | 0·20 | 5·39 | 70·32 | 24·18 | 0·11 |
| 60 " 65 " | 12,228 | 2,099 | 8,442 | 1,618 | 29 | 40 | 9,442 | 434 | 6,005 | 2,982 | 9 | 12 | | 17·22 | 69·26 | 13·28 | 0·24 | 4·60 | 63·68 | 31·62 | 0·10 |
| 65 " 70 " | 11,394 | 2,113 | 7,363 | 1,866 | 23 | 29 | 7,599 | 331 | 4,077 | 3,177 | 6 | 8 | | 18·59 | 64·79 | 16·42 | 0·20 | 4·36 | 53·71 | 41·85 | 0·08 |
| 70 " 75 " | 7,488 | 1,628 | 4,045 | 1,775 | 17 | 23 | 4,616 | 200 | 1,982 | 2,422 | 1 | 11 | | 21·81 | 54·18 | 23·78 | 0·23 | 4·34 | 43·04 | 52·60 | 0·02 |
| 75 " 80 " | 3,689 | 699 | 1,744 | 1,224 | 6 | 16 | 2,373 | 95 | 738 | 1,536 | 1 | 3 | | 19·03 | 47·48 | 33·33 | 0·16 | 4·01 | 31·14 | 64·81 | 0·04 |
| 80 " 85 " | 1,288 | 237 | 528 | 513 | 3 | 7 | 1,041 | 52 | 217 | 766 | .. | 5 | | 18·50 | 41·22 | 40·05 | 0·23 | 5·02 | 20·94 | 73·94 | 0·10 |
| 85 " and upwards | 576 | 94 | 180 | 299 | 2 | 1 | 505 | 22 | 62 | 417 | .. | 4 | | 16·35 | 31·30 | 52·00 | 0·35 | 4·39 | 12·38 | 83·23 | .. |
| Unspecified .. | 472 | 216 | 82 | 19 | 2 | 153 | 240 | 90 | 115 | 24 | .. | 11 | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |