Table 16. Fertility by District, TTPI: 1970
Fertility	Total	Marianas	Marshalls	Palau	FSM Total	Ponape	Truk	Yap
FERTILITY
Females 15 to 24 years	12,766	950	2,061	1,095	4,330	1,668	2,004	658
Ever married	5,091	270	766	199	1,928	567	1,071	290
Percent ever married	39.9	28.4	37.2	18.2	44.5	34.0	53.4	44.1
Own children under 5 years	3,886	381	625	142	1,369	500	692	177
Per 1,000 females	298	401	303	130	316	300	345	269
Per 1,000 females ever married	796	1,411	816	714	710	882	646	610
Children ever born	8,461	514	1,521	340	3,043	875	1,746	422
Per 1,000 females	642	541	738	311	703	525	871	641
Per 1,000 females ever married	1,713	1,904	1,986	1,709	1,578	1,543	1,630	455
Females 25 to 34 years	7,063	419	1,085	531	2,514	916	1,199	399
Ever married	6,061	349	961	413	2,169	779	1,054	336
Percent ever married	85.8	83.3	88.6	77.8	86.3	85.0	87.9	84.2
Own children under 5 years	7,251	564	1,113	488	2,543	1,177	1,045	321
Per 1,000 females	1,035	1,346	1,026	919	1,012	1,285	872	805
Per 1,000 females ever married	1,210	1,616	1,158	1,182	1,172	1,511	991	955
Children ever born	25,765	1,703	3,956	1,586	9,260	3,528	4,489	1,243
Per 1,000 females	3,628	4,064	3,646	2,987	3,683	3,852	3,744	3,115
Per 1,000 females ever married	4,241	4,880	4,117	3,840	4,269	4,529	4,259	3,699
Females 35 to 44 years	6,142	363	933	476	2,185	818	1,041	326
Ever married	5,745	340	885	442	2,039	763	979	297
Percent ever married	93.5	93.7	94.9	92.9	93.3	93.3	94.0	91.1
Own children under 5 years	4,842	379	649	396	1,709	789	722	198
Per 1,000 females	792	1,044	696	832	782	965	694	607
Per 1,000 females ever married	845	1,115	733	896	838	1,034	737	667
Children ever born	32,742	2,452	4,829	2,901	11,280	4,696	5,196	1,388
Per 1,000 females	5,424	6,755	5,176	6,095	5,162	5,741	4,991	4,258
Per 1,000 females ever married	5,791	7,212	5,456	6,563	5,532	6,155	5,307	4,673
Source: 1970 US Census of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands