She has shown that only a part of this discrepancy is attributable to the geographic difference, some of it is the effect of lack of co-education. Some of it is also attributable to the type of education.
The marriage rate of women graduates of Iowa State College5 is as follows:
| 1872-81 | 95.8 |
|---|---|
| 1882-91 | 62.5 |
| 1892-01 | 71.2 |
| 1902-06 | 69.0 |
Study of the alumni register of Oberlin,6 one of the oldest coeducational institutions, shows that the marriage rate of women graduates, 1884-1905, was 65.2%, only 34.8% of them remaining unmarried. If the later period, 1890-1905, alone is taken, only 55.2% of the girls have married. The figures for the last few classes in this period are probably not complete.
At Kansas State Agricultural College, 1885-1905, 67.6% of the women graduates have married. At Ohio State University in the same period, the percentage is only 54.0. Wisconsin University, 1870-1905, shows a percentage of 51.8, the figures for the last five years of that period being:
| 1901 | 33.9 |
|---|---|
| 1902 | 52.9 |
| 1903 | 45.1 |
| 1904 | 32.3 |
| 1905 | 37.4 |