PART III-THE BITUMINOUS COAL MINING INDUSTRY IN THE MIDDLE WEST. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. Households studied-Members of households for whom detailed information was secured-Employees for whom information was secured-[Text Tables 306 to 310 and General Tables 101 to 103]. HOUSEHOLDS STUDIED. The following table shows the number and per cent of households studied, by race of head of household:" TABLE 306.-Households studied, by general nativity and race of head of household. It will be noted from the above table that of 171 households in this locality, information was secured from a smaller proportion of native white households than of those of any other race, the extent of the study being limited to a number sufficient for comparative purposes. The North Italian and Lithuanian households, constituting 59 per cent of the total number studied, are reported in about equal proportions. a The households studied were located in the southern Illinois field. Data for individual employees were secured from all sections of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR WHOM DETAILED INFORMATION WAS SECURED. The following table shows the number and per cent of persons in the households studied, and persons for whom detailed information was secured, by general nativity and race of head of household: TABLE 307.-Persons in households studied and persons for whom detailed information was secured, by general nativity and race of head of household. Of the 758 persons in the households studied, almost the entire number are in households whose heads are foreign-born. Fifty-nine per cent of the total number of persons are in households whose heads are of the North Italian or Lithuanian races. Of the 716 persons for whom detailed information was secured, 89 per cent of the total including males and females were in foreign households. The relative number and per cent of males and females of each race in the households studied are shown in the table below: TABLE 308.-Sex of persons for whom detailed information was secured, by general nativity and race of head of household. The table next presented shows persons in the households studied for whom detailed information was secured, by sex and general nativity and race of individual: TABLE 309.-Persons for whom detailed information was secured, by sex and general nativity and race of individual. Of the total number of persons reported in the above table, it will be seen that a slightly larger proportion of both males and females is native-born than is foreign-born. Of the native-born, by far the largest proportion is born of foreign father. Of the males and females native-born of foreign father, the Lithuanians and North Italians constitute a much larger proportion than do the South Italians and Poles. The races showing the largest proportion of foreignborn males are the North Italian, Lithuanian, and South Italian, in the order mentioned, while the Poles are represented by comparatively few individuals, and the Scotch by none whatever. |