A comparison of the totals in each period of residence shows a considerable degree of advancement in ability to read and to read and write corresponding to length of residence in the United States. Of those who had been in this country under five years, 71 per cent could read and 68.6 per cent could read and write, as compared with 77.3 per cent with ability to read and 74.4 per cent with ability to read and write of those with a residence of five to nine years, and 84.5 per cent who could read and 81.5 per cent who could both read and write of those who had been in the United States ten years or longer. The table which immediately follows affords a comparison of the present degree of literacy among immigrants according to their age at the time of arrival in this country. It shows, by age at time of coming to the United States and race of individual, the per cent of foreign-born persons 10 years of age or over able to read and the per cent able both to read and to write:

TABLE 81.-Per cent of foreign-born persons 10 years of age or over who read and per cent who read and write, by age at time of coming to the United States and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 40 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign

A study of the foregoing table, which reveals returns from 45,042 foreign-born persons who were 10 years of age or over, shows a higher degree of literacy at the present time among those who were under 14 years of age when they arrived in the United States than among those who were 14 years of age or older. Of those who were less than 14 years old when they came to this country, 91.7 per cent can now read and 90.7 per cent can now both read and write. On the other hand, of those who were 14 or over 14 years of age, only 74.9 per cent can read and 71.8 per cent both read and write at the present time. The Cuban, Flemish, Mexican, Scotch, Slovenian, and Swedish races show a greater proportion among those 14 years of age or over than of those under 14 at time of arrival who can read or read and write, but in the case of these races the difference between the two age groups is very small. The Danes alone are all, without regard to age, able to read and to write.

CONJUGAL CONDITION.

The following table shows, by sex and general nativity and race, the per cent of employees studied, 20 years of age or over, who were in each conjugal condition. The table is based on information secured for 419,347 wage-earners and includes only races with 80 or more persons reporting.

TABLE 82.-Per cent of employees 20 years of age or over in each conjugal condition, by sex and general nativity and race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

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

TABLE 82.-Per cent of employees 20 years of age or over in each conjugal condition, by sex and general nativity and race-Continued.

TABLE 82.-Per cent of employees 20 years of age or over in each conjugal condition, by sex and general nativity and race-Continued.

TABLE 82.-Per cent of employees 20 years of age or over in each conjugal condition, by sex and general nativity and race-Continued.

The table next presented sets forth the conjugal condition of the 419,347 employees for whom information was secured, by sex, age groups, and general nativity and race. Only races which have 200 or more persons reporting are included in the table, but the totals are the same as for the table preceding.