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