A much larger proportion of the Canadians other than French than of the individuals of any other race are widowed.

The table next presented further classifies the totals of the one immediately preceding and shows the percentage of employees for whom information was secured who were in each conjugal condition, by general nativity and race and by age groups.

TABLE 61.-Per cent of male employees in each conjugal condition, by age groups and by general nativity and race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[This table includes only races with 100 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

Of a total of 3,793 male employees in the furniture industry, and who are 20 years of age or over, 68 per cent are married and 3.8 per cent are widowed, leaving but 28.2 per cent who are single. Of the persons who are between the ages of 20 and 29 years the proportion of married persons is 37.5 per cent and less than 1 per cent are widowed; between the ages of 30 and 44 years, 79.8 per cent are married and 3 per cent are widowed, and of those who are 45 years of age or over, 85.3 per cent are married and 8.2 per cent are widowed. Of those who are from 20 to 29 years of age or 45 years of age or over or from 30 to 44 years of age, the foreign-born show a larger proportion of married persons than do the native-born of foreign father. The native whites born of native father between the ages of 20 and 44 years show a larger proportion married than do the second generation, or native-born of foreign father. Of the foreign-born males who are from 20 to 29 years of age the Germans show the largest proportion of married males and the Lithuanians show the smallest proportion. In that age group no race shows a proportion as high

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as 1 per cent of widowed persons. Of the foreign-born who are from 30 to 44 years of age the Poles show the largest proportion who are married. It is 92.2 per cent. The Germans show the next highest proportion, while the Swedes show the smallest proportion. In this age group the Dutch and Lithuanians show the largest proportion and the Poles the smallest proportion of widowed males. None of the Poles who are 45 years of age or over are single. Of the Lithuanians in this age group 80 per cent are married, while each of the other races, excepting the Poles, show a proportion of married personsthat is, between 80 and 90 per cent. The proportion of the Poles who are married is 95.7 per cent. The Lithuanians show the largest proportion of widowed males, 10 per cent, and the Poles, of whom 4.3 per cent are widowed, show the smallest proportion in that conjugal condition.

The following table shows, by sex, age groups, and by general nativity and race of individual, the percentage of persons in the households studied, who were in each conjugal condition.

TABLE 62.-Per cent of persons in each conjugal condition, by sex, age groups, and by general nativity and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

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

TABLE 62.-Per cent of persons in each conjugal condition, by sex, age groups, and by general nativity and race of individual-Continued.

TOTAL.

20 to 29 years of 30 to 44 years of 45 years of age or 20 years of age or

age.

age.

over.

over.

In the above table the great majority of the 787 individuals studied are married, but 13.9 per cent being single. The difference between the proportions of the foreign-born single and married is still more marked, but on the other hand a bare majority of the native-born of foreign father are married. Among the males it will be noted that the great majority of the native-born of foreign father, 20 to 29 years of age, are single, the reverse being true of the foreign-born. But small proportions of the latter 30 to 44 years of age and none 45 or over are single. Almost equal proportions of the native females. born of foreign father 20 to 29 years of age are married and single. Of those 30 to 44 years of age none of the native-born of foreign father and less than 1 per cent of the foreign-born are single, none of either race 45 years of age or over being single. From the above showing it may be inferred that persons native-born of foreign father, male and female, do not marry before 30 years of age, the foreign-born, on the other hand, marrying uusally before their thirtieth year.

While a considerable proportion of the foreign-born male employees are married, it is significant, in connection with their conjugal condition, that a number of them upon immigrating to this country left their wives abroad. This fact is disclosed by the table next presented, which shows, by race of husband, the percentage of foreignborn husbands who report wife in the United States and the percentage who report wife abroad.

TABLE 63.—Per cent of foreign-born husbands who report wife in the United States and per cent who report wife abroad, by race of husband.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

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

The proportion of foreign-born husbands for whom information is contained in this table reporting wives in the United States is 94.5 per cent. All of the Canadian other than French and a considerably larger proportion of the Dutch, German, and Swedish husbands than of the Polish and Lithuanian husbands report wives in this country.

The extent of the disposition on the part of the husbands of foreign birth who came to this country without their wives and to send back for them after designated periods of residence may be understood from the table next presented. This table shows, by race of husband and by years husband has been in the United States, the percentage of foreign-born husbands who report wife abroad.

TABLE 64.—Per cent of foreign-born husbands who report wife abroad, by race of husband and by years husband has been in the United States.

(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 husbands reporting.]

From the above table it appears that the proportion of Dutch, Polish, and Swedish husbands reporting wives abroad is largest among husbands who have been in the United States under five years, ranks second among those who have been here from five to nine years, and smallest among those who have been here ten years

or over. In other words, the proportion of husbands of these races reporting wives abroad decreases with years of residence in the United States. Of the German husbands, 14.3 per cent of those who have been here from five to nine years and none of those who have been here ten years or over report wives abroad.

VISITS ABROAD.

The extent to which employees of foreign birth return to their native country for long or short periods appears from the following table. This table shows, by years in the United States and race, the visits abroad made by foreign-born male employees.

TABLE 65.- Visits abroad made by foreign-born male employees, 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.]

From the data presented in the above table it appears that 6.1 per cent of the foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States under five years have made one or more visits abroad, as compared with 17.2 per cent of those who have been here from five to nine years, and 13.1 per cent of those who have been here ten years or over. Among the Dutch, Germans, Lithuanians, Poles, and Swedes, the proportion of individauls who have made visits abroad is largest for those who have been here from five to nine years. The Dutch, Germans, Lithuanians, and Swedes have a larger proportion of employees who have been in the United States ten years or over than of employees who have been here under five years who have made visits abroad. The proportion of Poles who have made visits abroad is larger in the case of employees who have been here under five years than in the case of employees who have been here ten years

or over.

AGE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSE

HOLDS.

The age characteristics of the persons in the households studied may be seen from the table next presented. This table shows, by sex and general nativity and race of head of household, the percentage of persons in the households studied who are within each specified age group.