The following statement shows minors arrested, during the official year, by country of birth.

Enumeration of arrests of minors in Community D, July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908, by

country of birth.

The minors arrested are further classified, in the following table, by country of birth and offences charged.

TABLE 259.—Crime record of foreign-born minors, by country of birth, in Community D for the year ending June 30, 1908.

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CHAPTER VIII.

GENERAL PROGRESS AND ASSIMILATION.

Ownership of homes-Status of children in the households studied-CitizenshipAbility to speak English-[Text Tables 260 to 266 and General Tables 199 to 204].

OWNERSHIP OF HOMES.

The accumulation of property is not only an indication of thrift on the part of the owner, but, where the owner is a person of foreign birth, it also exhibits a tendency toward permanent settlement in the United States. In this connection, the following table is submitted, showing the number and percentage of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family.

TABLE 260.-Number and per cent of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family.

Of the total 733 households 7.1 per cent own their homes. The native-born of foreign father own their homes to a much greater extent than the foreign-born. There is, however, much variation in the extent to which ownership of homes prevails among the specified races. Of the Irish households, 20.6 per cent own their homes. None of the South Italians or Poles have acquired their own homes. A greater proportion of Irish of the second generation own their homes than of those born abroad.

STATUS OF CHILDREN IN THE HOUSEHOLDS STUDIED.

The table next presented is instructive as indicating the tendency on the part of children in the families studied to attend school or begin work when the working age is reached. The table shows, by general nativity and race of individual, the percentage of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work.

TABLE 261.—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.]

The above table shows that 6.9 per cent of children who are 6 and under 16 years of age are at home, 82.5 per cent are at school, and 10.5 per cent are at work. Foreign-born show a slightly higher percentage than native-born of foreign father, while native-born of native father show few children at home. Native-born of native father show a considerably higher percentage of children at school than native-born of foreign father or foreign-born, which follow in the order named. The proportion of foreign-born at work is large

when contrasted with the proportion of native-born of native father and native-born of foreign father. Of the native-born of foreign father, Ruthenians show a considerably higher percentage of children at home than Slovaks, this order being reversed in the column showing children at work. The proportions of children of these races at school are almost the same. The proportion of female children at home and at work is slightly larger than that of males, the latter showing the highest percentage at school.

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 262.-Number and per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by 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 children born abroad. The native-born of native father shown for comparative purposes.]

The above table shows that all races except the German show a higher percentage of children who were born in the United States,

at school, than is the case with those born abroad. Germans alone show a considerably higher percentage of children born abroad, who are at school, than is true of those born in the United States; also the percentage of children born abroad who are at work is considerably higher than the percentage of those born in the United States who are working, the Germans being the only exception to this rule. This race shows 5.6 per cent of children who were born. in the United States, at work, as contrasted with no children at work who were born abroad. All of the races, except the German, also show the highest percentage of children at home who were born abroad than the percentage of those who were born in the United States. Two races, the foreign-born German and the Hebrews born in the United States, show a higher percentage of children at school than native-born of native father.

CITIZENSHIP.

The extent to which the foreign-born males in the households studied have acquired or manifested an interest in attaining citizenship is exhibited by the table next presented. It shows, by race,

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