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Per cent of male employees 14 to 19 years of age, by general nativity and race.

[This chart shows only races with 400 or more employees reporting. The total, however, is for all races.]

CHAPTER VII.

GENERAL PROGRESS AND ASSIMILATION.

Ownership of homes-Status of children in the households studied-CitizenshipAbility to speak English-[Text Tables 114 to 130 and General Tables 42 to 50].

OWNERSHIP OF HOMES.

The table and chart next presented show the number and percentage of families owning homes, by general nativity and race of head of family:

TABLE 114.-Number and per cent of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family.

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Per cent of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family.

[This chart shows only races with 100 or more families reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

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Of 2,340 families for whom information was obtained, 19.8 per cent own homes. This proportion follows very closely the proportion of families whose heads were foreign-born, of which 20.6 per cent own their homes, as compared with 15.1 per cent of those whose heads were native-born. This lower percentage of the latter group of families is due largely to the very small proportion of negroes who own their homes. Of the families whose heads were native-born of foreign father, a larger proportion than is shown by either the native-born of native father or foreign-born have purchased homes.

Of the foreign-born, the Bohemians and Moravians, with 20 families reporting, show 75 per cent owning their homes, which is a much larger proportion than that of any other race, while the Scotch, with 59.5 per cent, rank second. Following the Scotch are the other older immigrant races the English, French, Germans, and Irish-between whom there is little difference in the proportions owning homes. On the other hand, of the more recent immigrant races, with the exception of the Bohemians and Moravians, the Slovenians show the largest proportion, or 33.3 per cent, owning their homes-a proportion which is slightly below that of the Irish. The Slovaks, North and South Italians, reporting 29.4, 27.1, and 21.8 per cent, respectively, follow the Slovenians, while the proportions of the other races owning homes range from 14.8 per cent of the Poles to 3.6 per cent of the Roumanians. As regards the families whose heads were native-born of foreign father, little difference is noted in the proportions of the English, Irish, and Germans owning homes, the percentages ranging from 30 to 28.

The following table shows, by locality and by general nativity and race of head of family, the per cent of families owning homes:

TABLE 115.-Per cent of families owning home, by locality and by general nativity and

race of head of family.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more families reporting in each of two or more localities. The totals, however, are for all races.]

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Considering the grand total of the preceding table, it will be seen that the East, as represented by Community C in Pennsylvania, shows the largest proportion of all races, or 24.6 per cent, owning their homes. The South shows 23.6 per cent, and the Middle West 12 per cent of the families of all races owning homes, the per cent for the total iron and steel industry being 19.8.

The families whose heads are foreign-born show a greater degree of home ownership in the South than in any other section, while those whose heads are native-born report a greater proportion in the East (in Pittsburg district) owning homes than elsewhere. Of those races reporting in more localities than those of the East, the South Italians and Magyars show their highest percentages owning homes in Community C of the East, while the Slovaks in the South far exceed those of the East in this respect.

STATUS OF CHILDREN IN THE HOUSEHOLDS STUDIED.

The table next presented shows, by sex, general nativity, and race of individual, the percentage of children 6 and under 16 years of age in the households studied who were at home, at school, and at work. TABLE 116.-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.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 40 or more children reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

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