Of 776 persons reporting who were 20 years of age or over 63.1 per cent are married and 7.5 per cent are widowed. In the group including persons from 20 to 29 years of age 45.5 per cent are married and 1.7 per cent are widowed. Of persons from 30 to 44 years of age, 74.4 per cent are married and 7.3 per cent are widowed, while of those 45 years of age or over 74.5 per cent are married and 17.4 per cent are widowed. Persons of foreign birth show a somewhat higher percentage married in each age group than is shown in the table for all persons reporting. The proportion of foreign-born persons widowed, however, is smaller in all age groups except that including persons from 20 to 29 years of age than that shown in the totals for all persons reporting. In the group mentioned the percentage of foreignborn persons widowed is the same as that shown in the totals. In every age group persons of foreign birth report a higher percentage married than persons who are native whites born of native father or persons who are native-born of foreign father. Males report a considerably higher percentage of married persons in each of the age groups than females, while the latter show a much greater proportion widowed in each group than males.

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 56.-Per cent of persons in each conjugal condition, by sex and 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 56.-Per cent of persons in each conjugal condition, by sex and age groups, and by general nativity and race of individual-Continued.

The above table shows that of persons 20 to 29 years of age, 55.4 per cent are married and an insignificant proportion are widowed, and in groups showing persons from 30 to 44 years of age, 90.2 per cent are married, while the percentage widowed is very small. *Of persons 45 years of age or over, 89.4 per cent are married and a comparatively large proportion are widowed; the totals for all persons 20 years of age or over show 79.5 per cent married and 3.1 per cent widowed. Foreign-born show a higher percentage of persons married than native-born of native father. In the group including persons who are 45 years of age or over, native-born of native father report 25 per cent widowed as contrasted with only 7.7 per cent of foreign-born who are widowed. Females show a considerably higher percentage than males of persons married who are from 20 to 29 years of age; in the group showing persons who are 30 to 44 years of age males show a slightly higher per cent married than females. Öf persons 45 years of age or over males show the higher per cent married and females a much greater proportion widowed than males, while of all persons 20 years of age or over males show a slightly higher percentage married than females.

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While a considerable proportion of the foreign-born male employees were 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 following table, which shows, by race of husband, the per cent of foreign-born husbands who report wife in the United States and the percentage who report wife abroad.

TABLE 57.-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 foreignborn.]

The wives of 96.8 per cent of 124 husbands reporting in the above table are in the United States and 3.2 per cent are 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 sex and race, the visits abroad made by foreign-born employees.

TABLE 58.-Visits abroad made by foreign-born employees, by sex and race.

TABLE 58.- Visits abroad made by foreign-born employees, by sex and race—Continued.

The table next presented 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.

TABLE 59.-Per cent of persons within each age group, by sex and by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

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

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Of 1,105 persons reporting complete data, the greatest proportion are from 30 to 44 and 20 to 29 years of age; 16.1 per cent under 6 years of age, and 16 per cent are from 6 to 13, while the proportion 14 and 15 and from 16 to 19 years of age is small. Foreign-born persons report a higher percentage of their number in each age group, except those showing individuals of from 30 to 44 years of age and 45 years of age or over; in these two groups persons