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The relation between literacy and period of residence in this country is set forth in the following table, which shows, according to years in the United States and race of individual, the percentage of foreign-born persons 10 years of age or over who read and the percentage who read and write:

TABLE 61.-Per cent of foreign-born persons 10 years of age or over who read and per cent who read and write, by years in the United States and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only races with 40 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

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A total of 746 persons reported complete data in the foregoing table. Of those who have been in the United States under five years, 83.5 per cent read and write and 85.1 per cent read. Of those who have been here from five to nine years, 82.8 per cent read and write and 83.3 per cent read, and of those who have been in this country for ten years or more, 85.9 per cent read and write and 87 per cent read. Of the persons who have been in the United States under five years, the North Italians show the largest proportion of persons who can read and write, their percentage being 97.4. The Poles, of less than five years' residence, show a proportion of persons who can read and write almost as large-97.1 per cent-while the Syrians, of whom only 55.2 per cent can read and write, show the smallest proportions. Of those who have been in the country from five to nine years the Hebrews show the largest proportion of persons who read and write. The percentage in that case is 93.1, and is closely followed by the Poles, 90 per cent of whom read and write, while the smallest proportions are shown by the Syrians, only 72.2 per cent of whom read and write and 77.8 per cent read. Among those whose residence in this country has been for ten or more years, the North Italians show the largest proportion of persons who read and write.

The table next submitted is of interest as indicating the progress manifested by the younger immigrants as compared with the older. It shows, according to age at time of coming to the United States and race of individual, the percentage of foreign-born persons 10 years of age or over who read and per cent who read and write.

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TABLE 62.-Per cent of foreign-born persons 10 years of age or over who read and per who read and write, by age at time of coming to the United States and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 40 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

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Of a total of 746 persons reporting complete data in the above table, it will be seen that of those who were under 14 years of age at time of coming to the United States, all of those who read (96.3 per cent) also write, while of those who were 14 years of age or over at time of coming to the United States, a small proportion, or 1.4 per cent, of those who read can not write (82.2 per cent less 80.8 per cent). Of the several races the South Italian is the only one showing a proportion of those under 14 years of age at time of coming to the United States who can neither read nor write.

CONJUGAL CONDITION.

The conjugal condition of silk goods manufacturing employees and members of their households is set forth in the series of tables following. The table first presented shows the percentage of employees 20 years of age or over in each conjugal condition, by sex and general nativity and race:

TABLE 63.-Per cent of employees 20 years of age or over in each conjugal condition, by sex and general nativity and race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[This table includes only races with 80 or more persons reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

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TABLE 63.-Per cent of employees 20 years of age or over in each conjugal condition, by sex and general nativity and race-Continued.

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Of the employees 29 years of age or over for whom information. was secured, 69.4 per cent of the males and only 22.2 per cent of the females are married, and 3.4 per cent of the males and 5.3 per cent of the females are widowed. The proportion of married males is greater than the proportion of married females in the case of all foreign-born, all the native-born of foreign father, all the native-born of native father, and all foreign races except the North Italian. The North Italians and French, in the order mentioned, have the largest proportions of married females and the Irish the smallest proportion of married males. In general, the proportion of widowed females is larger than the proportion of widowed males.

The table next submitted divides the totals of the one preceding and shows the percentage of employees in each conjugal condition according to age groups, sex, and general nativity and race:

TABLE 64.-Per cent of employees in each conjugal condition, by sex, age groups, and

general nativity and race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[This table includes only races with 200 or more persons reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

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TABLE 64.-Per cent of employees in each conjugal condition, by sex, age groups, and general nativity and race-Continued."

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The preceding table shows that of 6,689 employees who are 20 years of age or over, 44.4 per cent are married and 4.4 per cent are widowed. Of the employees who are from 20 to 29 years of age, 21.7 per cent are married and 1.2 per cent are widowed; of those from 30 to 44 years of age 72.3 per cent are married and 6.6 per cent are widowed, while of the employees who are 45 years of age or over 78.7 per cent are married and 13.3 per cent are widowed. Of the employees who are native-born of foreign father, those whose fathers were born in England show the highest percentage married and the highest percentage widowed and the employees whose fathers

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