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Pre-marital conception rate over time - Dan '82 - 07-14-2016

Here’s a chart showing how the percentage of pre-marital conception changed in the 18th and 19th centuries.


RE: Pre-marital conception rate over time - Odin - 07-14-2016

It is important to note that in many places in the Early Modern Period it was a common thing for a young woman to get pregnant in order to basically force her parents to let her marry the guy she loved. Big Grin