53430. AGE AT MARRIAGE AND FERTILITY. This paper provides a good sociological survey of evidence to see if age at marriage affects the number of children; the finding is that number of children seems to be more closely related to economic trends than anything else, and even this conclusion needs interpretation. Data from U.S., Britain and Ireland in 19th and 20th Centuries. KEYWORDS: marriage fertility developed nations. 6p., 9f., 7b.