TABLE 359.-Per cent of persons within each age group, by sex and general nativity and race of head of household-Continued.

It appears from the data presented in the above table that, of the males for whom information was secured, 19.1 per cent are under 6 years of age, 13.6 per cent are from 6 to 13 years of age, 2.3 per cent

are 14 and 15 years of age, 7.1 per cent are from 16 to 19 years of age, 26 per cent are from 20 to 29 years of age, 25.5 per cent are from 30 to 44 years of age, and 6.4 per cent are 45 or over. The proportion of males under 6, from 6 to 13, and 14 and 15 is larger for the nativeborn of foreign father than for the foreign-born, while the proportion of males from 16 to 19, from 20 to 29, from 30 to 44, and 45 or over is larger for the foreign-born than for the native-born of foreign father. Of the foreign-born, the Poles, Slovenians, Ruthenians, and Slovaks, in the order mentioned, have the largest, and the Syrians the smallest, proportion of males under 6 years of age, and the Hebrews, Slovenians, and Slovaks, in the order mentioned, have the largest, and the Syrians the smallest, proportion of males from 6 to

13 years of age. The proportion of males from 20 to 29 years of age is largest for the Lithuanians, Syrians, Magyars, and Ruthenians, in the order mentioned; the proportion of males from 30 to 44 years of age is largest for the Syrians, Magyars, Slovenians, Bohemians, and Moravians and Poles, in the order mentioned; and the proportion of males 45 years of age or over is largest for the Scotch and Bohemians and Moravians and smallest for the Lithuanians, Magyars, and Poles. Of the females for whom information was secured, 22.9 per cent are under 6 years of age, 17.3 per cent are from 6 to 13, 2.3 per cent are 14 and 15, 8.7 per cent are from 16 to 19, 25.7 per cent are from 20 to 29, 18.1 per cent are from 30 to 44, and 5.1 per cent are 45 or over. The proportion of females under 6 years of age, from 20 to 29 years of age, and from 30 to 44 years of age is larger for the nativeborn of foreign father than for the foreign-born, while the proportion of females from 6 to 13 years of age, 14 and 15 years to 19 years of age, and 45 years of age or over is larger for the foreignborn than for the native-born of foreign father. Of the foreign-born, the Bohemians and Moravians, Poles, Magyars, and Hebrews, in the order mentioned, have the largest proportion of females under 6 years of age, and the Irish, Scotch, and Syrians, in the order mentioned, have the largest, and the Lithuanians and Ruthenians the smallest, proportion of females 45 years of age or over. The proportion of females from 20 to 39 years of age is largest for the Bohemians and Moravians and Lithuanians, and smallest for the Slovaks and Hebrews, and the proportion of females from 30 to 44 years of age is largest for the Syrians, Irish, Scotch, Hebrews, and Slovenians, in the order mentioned, and smallest for the Bohemians and Moravians.

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CHAPTER VII.

GENERAL PROGRESS AND ASSIMILATION.

Ownership of homes-School attendance Status of children in the households studied Citizenship-Ability to speak English-[Text Tables 360 to 367 and General Tables 272 to 277].

OWNERSHIP OF HOMES.

Home ownership by families the heads of which were of foreign birth may be considered as a strong indication of permanent settlement, and the facts in this connection relative to the families the heads of which were employed in Community F are set forth in the following table, according to general nativity and race of head of family:

TABLE 360.-Number and per cent of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family.

The

Of a total of 654 families studied, 6.1 per cent own homes. families whose heads are native-born of foreign father show 6.5 per cent as contrasted with 6.3 per cent of the families whose heads are of foreign birth owning homes. Of the families whose heads are foreignborn those whose heads are Poles show 24.4 per cent owning homes, those whose heads are Slovaks show 19.2 per cent, and those whose heads are Scotch show 15 per cent. The families whose heads are

Ruthenians, Slovenians, Bohemians and Moravians, and Magyars, show between 2.2 per cent and 6.3 per cent owning homes, while no families the heads of which are Hebrews, Irish, and Lithuanians, own homes.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.

The following table shows, by general nativity and race of father of pupil, the number and percentage of total pupils in school in Community F.

TABLE 361.-Number and per cent of total pupils in school in Community F, by general nativity and race of father of pupil.

Of the 10,841 pupils for whom information as to general nativity and race of father was secured, 58.7 per cent are of foreign parentage and 39.4 per cent are children of native whites. The foreign races having the largest representation are, in the order mentioned, the Germans, South Italians, Irish, English, Russian Hebrews, and Slovaks.

STATUS OF CHILDREN IN THE HOUSEHOLDS STUDIED.

The status of children in the households studied may be seen in the table following, which shows, by sex and general nativity and race of individual, the per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work.

TABLE 362.—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.]

Of 586 children who are 6 and under 16 years of age, 5.5 per cent are at home, 91.6 per cent are at school, and 2.9 per cent are at work. The foreign-born children show the highest per cent at home, followed by those native-born of foreign father and those who are native-born whites of native father. The children who are native whites born of native father show the highest percentage at school, followed by those native-born of foreign father and those foreign-born, in the order named. The children of foreign birth show the highest percentage at work, followed by the native-born of foreign father and the native whites born of native father. Of the native children born of foreign father the Ruthenians show the highest percentage at home, closely followed by the Slovenians, while the Hebrews show no children at home. The Hebrews show the highest percentage of children at