TABLE 23.-Number and per cent of cases assisted in which wife was head and reported widowed, deserted, or separated, by general nativity and race and head of case-Continued.

The cases where a widow was the head comprise 20.5 per cent of the total number. The percentages, by general nativity, are 21.3 for foreign-born and 19.9 for native-born.

For several races the head was a widow in more than one-fourth of all cases. The races are

The cases where the head was a woman deserted or separated, comprise 9.7 per cent of the total number. The percentages by general nativity are, for the native-born 10.8 and for the foreign-born 7.9.

The next table includes the same cases as are shown in the table immediately preceding. This table, however, shows for all cases in which the wife was the head, reported widowed, deserted, or separated, the proportion of cases in which she was widowed, and the proportion of cases in which she was deserted or separated.

TABLE 24.-Number and per cent of cases in which wife is head and reported widowed, deserted, or separated, by general nativity and race of head of case.

[This table includes only races represented by 50 or more cases, as shown in Table 3. The totals, however, are for all races.]

TABLE 24.-Number and per cent of cases in which wife is head and reported widowed, deserted, or separated, by general nativity and race of head of case-Continued.

The wife was reported widowed in 67.8 per cent and deserted or separated in 32.2 per cent of all cases where a wife was the head of a case and reported widowed, deserted, or separated. Among the foreign-born 27.1 per cent, and among the native-born 35.2 per cent, were reported deserted or separated.

GENERAL OCCUPATION OF PERSONS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE.

The next table shows for each race the percentage of children at home, at school, and at work. In the complete report these data are shown in the general tables for all children under 16 and also for each of the age groups-under 6, 6 to 13, and 14 and 15.

TABLE 25.-Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by sex and general nativity and race of individual.

[This table includes in each section only races with 20 or more reporting. The totals, however, are for all

races.] MALE.

TABLE 25.-Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by sex and general nativity and race of individual-Continued.

TABLE 25.-Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by sex and general nativity and race of individual-Continued.

Of the 36,533 children 6 and under 16 years of age involved in the cases assisted, 10.3 per cent were at home, 84.5 per cent were at school, and 5.2 per cent were at work. There is very little difference in the proportions for those of native birth and those of foreign birth; 10.4 per cent of those of native birth and 9.5 per cent of those of foreign birth were at home; 84.4 per cent of those of native birth and 85.4 per cent of those of foreign birth were at school; and 5.3 per