TABLE 157.-Per cent of foreign-born husbands who report wife abroad, by race of husband and by years husband has been in the United States.

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[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 husbands reporting.]

Among the husbands in the foregoing table who have been in the United States under five years the Poles, with 35.8 per cent, show the largest proportion who report wife abroad; the Russian Hebrews and Germans report proportions almost as large, and the Hebrews other than Russian show the smallest proportion. Among those whose residence in this country has been from five to nine years the Germans show the largest proportion whose wives are abroad. None of the Russian Hebrews whose residence in this country has been for ten or more years report wife abroad. The total column shows that the Russian Hebrews report the largest number of husbands with wives abroad, that the Poles report the next largest proportion, while the Bohemians and Moravians show the smallest proportions whose wives are abroad.

VISITS ABROAD.

The table next presented shows visits abroad made by foreign-born employees according to sex, years in the United States, and race:

TABLE 158.- Visits abroad made by foreign-born employees, by sex, years in the United States, and race.

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[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only races with 200 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

For the total number of persons, both male and female, visits are more prevalent from the five to nine year period of residence than from any other. Of the total number of persons, 6.5 per cent have made one or more visits abroad. Of those who have been here under five years the proportion is only 4.6 per cent, while for those whose residence has extended from five to nine years the proportion is 8.6 per cent. Among the males of less than five years residence, the South Italians show the largest proportion who have made visits abroad. The Poles show the next largest proportion, while the Germans report none. Almost 30 per cent of the North Italians and

slightly more than 20 per cent of the South Italians whose residence here has been for from five to nine years report visits abroad. Again, in the period of ten or more years' residence, the South Italians show the largest proportion who have made visits abroad. In this period the Poles show the smallest proportion.

None of the German females of less than ten years' residence in this country have made visits abroad, while of those who have lived here for more than that time the proportion is 10 per cent. The North Italians show the largest proportion of females who have made visits abroad in the period of more than five years' residence, but among those who have resided here for less than that number of years the Poles show the largest proportion who have made visits abroad.

AGE CLASSFICATION OF EMPLOYEES.

The age characteristics of the employees in Chicago are presented in the following table, which shows, by sex and general nativity and race of individual, the per cent of employees within each age group:

TABLE 159.-Per cent of employees within each age group, by sex and general nativity and race.

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

TABLE 159.-Per cent of employees within each age group, by sex and general nativity and race-Continued.

Of 8,529 persons, data for whom are included in the above table, 35.8 per cent are between the ages of 14 and 19 years. None are under 14 years of age and less than 5 per cent are from 45 to 54 or 55 or over. The native-born of foreign father show the largest proportion of persons between the ages of 14 and 19 years, but in each other specified age group the foreign-born predominate.

A greater proportion of males are between the ages of 20 and 24 than in any other age group. None are under 14 years of age and less than 5 per cent are 55 years or over. The native-born of foreign

father show a larger proportion than do the foreign-born in each age group, below 25 years of age, but in each group above that age their proportion is smaller than that of the foreign-born. Among the foreign-born males between the ages of 14 and 19 years the North Italians show the largest proportion, and the Lithuanians the smallest proportion. The Poles show the largest proportion among those between the ages of 20 and 24, while the Lithuanians show the largest proportion among those between 25 and 29 years. No race shows a proportion as high as 21 per cent between the ages of 30 and 34 years. Less than 10 per cent of the males of every foreign-born race except the Bohemian and Moravian and German are between the ages of 45 and 54 years. For those two races the proportions are 10.5 and 20.9 per cent, respectively.

Of the females reported in the above table, 53.4 per cent are from 14 to 19 years of age. None are below 14 years of age and less than 10 per cent are in each of the specified age groups above 20 to 24 years. The native-born of foreign father show a larger proportion than do the foreign-born of females between the ages of 14 and 19, but in each other specified age group the foreign-born show the largest proportions. Among the foreign-born races, the smallest proportion of females between the ages of 14 and 19 is shown by the Germans, the proportion being 24.5 per cent. The highest proportion in this age group is shown by the Hebrews other than Russian, the percentage being 65.2. The Lithuanian females appear in largest proportion among those who are from 20 to 24 years of age. Less than 10 per cent each of the Russian and other Hebrews, Poles, and Russians are between the ages of 25 and 29. None of the Russian or Slovak females are from 35 to 44 years of age, but 13.9 per cent of the South Italians are in that age group. The German, Hebrew other than Russian, and Slovak are the only races showing more than 1 per cent of females who are 55 years of age or over.