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-Continued.

From the figures of the foregoing table it appears that 73.2 per cent of the total number of boys between the ages of 6 and 16 years are in school, 18.4 per cent are at home, and 8.4 per cent at work. The percentage of all those at work is considerably smaller than that for the foreign-born, and is greater than the proportion shown for persons native-born of foreign father. The foreign-born fall below the showing for the total number of boys at school, and have a greater percentage at home. Eight races are represented among those who were native-born of foreign father. Of these, the Scotch, Slovaks, Germans, and Magyars lead in the proportion of boys at work; the Irish, Magyars, Germans, and Scotch in the proportion of boys at school; while the South Italians, Poles, and Croatians have the largest percentages of those at home.

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Of the 985 girls from 6 to 15 years of age, the table shows that much the largest percentage (76.5) are at school; a considerable proportion, 21 per cent, are at home, and only a very small proportion are at work.

A greater proportion of the foreign-born girls are at home and at work and a smaller proportion in school than is shown for the total number of girls, while of the native-born girls with foreign fathers the proportion at school is above the general showing for all girls, and the proportions of those at home and at work are below it. Among those native-born of foreign father the Scotch, Magyars, Germans, and Irish have the highest percentages of children in school, while the Germans and Croatians have the highest at work and the Poles and South Italians the highest at home. The Scotch, South Italians, and Magyars report no girls at work. Among the foreign-born girls a larger percentage of the Slovaks are in school than of the other races, a greater proportion of the South Italians are at home, and a greater proportion of the Magyars are at work. Comparing the foreign-born and native-born girls of the same race, it appears that a much larger percentage of native-born than of foreign-born Magyar girls are in school. Similar conclusions may be drawn regarding the South Italians, but the Poles and Slovaks both have more foreign than native born girls in school. The foreign-born Slovaks show more at work than the native-born Slovaks, while the native-born Poles and Slovaks lead in the proportion of those at home.

The following table shows, by general nativity and race of father and by birthplace of child, the number and percentage of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work.

TABLE 117.-Number and per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by general nativity and race of father and by birthplace of child.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more children born in the United States and also 20 or more born abroad. The native-born of native father are shown for comparative purposes.]

The native whites born of native father have the maximum proportion at school and very small proportions at home and at work.

The foreign-born show a greater proportion at work than the nativeborn. The Poles and Slovaks exhibít a slightly greater proportion at school among those born abroad than among those born in the United States. The South Italians have a comparatively small proportion at school irrespective of birthplace of the child.

CITIZENSHIP.

The following table and chart show, by race, the present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States five years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at the time of arrival in this country:

TABLE 118.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race.

In the foregoing table, 13,179 iron and steel workers report complete data. Of these 32 per cent are fully naturalized and slightly more than 10 per cent have first papers only. Of the several races the Irish show the largest percentage fully naturalized, followed by the Welsh, English, Swedes, Germans, French, and Norwegians, in the order named, the proportions of citizens among these races ranging from about 50 to 75 per cent. The other races report less than one-half of their number fully naturalized, the smallest proportion, or less than 3 per cent, being presented by the Servians. The Norwegian is the only race reporting more than 25 per cent as having first papers only, and the Servians exhibit the smallest proportion, less than 5 per cent of this race having taken the first steps toward citizenship.

The table and charts next presented show, by years in the United States and race, the present political condition of foreign-born male employees who were 21 years of age or over at the time of coming to the United States:

TABLE 119.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to the United States, by years in the United States and race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only races with 100 or more males reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]