wn by differThose ver 44 r cent 1.2 per is per .2 per s the r, and little mong shows f age opor ortion proof the 45 to years er it ussia $9.7 1 the i ; and each CHAPTER VII. GENERAL PROGRESS AND ASSIMILATION. Ownership of homes-Status of children in the households studied-Citizenship- 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 the leather industry, are set forth in the following table according to general nativity and race of head of family: TABLE 75.-Number and per cent of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family. rela acti Irish.. Armenian. German. Italian, South. Lithuanian.. Polish. Slovak. Syrian.. Grand total.............. Total native-born of foreign father. Total native-born.. Total foreign-born.. 37 3 8.1 32 51 20.0 3.1 a Not computed, owing to small number involved. The foregoing table shows that 17.8 per cent of the total number of families for whom information was secured own homes. Foreignborn show 20.9 per cent of families owning homes as contrasted with only 10.5 per cent of families of native-born of foreign father and 8.1 per cent of families of native-born of native father so reported. Among native-born of foreign father, Germans show a much higher percentage of families owning homes than do Irish. Of the foreignborn races, German families show the highest percentage owning homes, followed by Irish families in somewhat smaller proportion. South Italian and Polish families have a considerably lower per cent owning homes than German or Irish families, while no Slovak families own homes. The status of children in the households studied maj following table, which shows, by general nativity an vidual, the percentage of children 6 and under 16 yea were at home, at school, and at work: TABLE 76.-Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age, at hom work, by sex and general nativity and race of individu The above table shows that of 294 children from 6 age concerning whom information was secured, 13.3 p home, 81.3 per cent are at school, and 5.4 per cent area children of foreign birth show a considerably higher p are at home than either those of native birth of for those who are native whites born of native father, whe order named. The children who are native whites b father exhibit the highest percentage at school, followed are native horn of foreign father and those of foreign 1 in the of indige who 1, and at all races] At work. 0.0 4.3 12.5 5.1 69 4.3 9.5 siderably smaller proportions. The children who are foreign-born show the highest percentage at work, followed by the native-born children of foreign father and native white children born of native father. Among the children who are native-born of foreign father, the Polish children show the highest per cent at home and at work, while the Irish children show a higher percentage than the Polish children who are at school. A higher percentage of female children are at home and at work than of male children, while the percentage of male children at school is higher than that of female children. CITIZENSHIP. The following table shows, by race, the present political condition of foreign-born male employees in the leather industry who had been in the United States five years or over, and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to this country: TABLE 77.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the race. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.] German. Greek Irish. 53 82.8 10.9 Italian, North. a Not computed, owing to sinall number involved. Of 2,334 individuals reporting complete data in the f 36.2 per cent are fully naturalized and 21.4 per cen first papers only, leaving 42.4 per cent who have evin in citizenship. Of the several races reporting a suf for computation, the Swedes, Irish, and Germans, immigration, show a decidedly larger proportion tha Poles, and Slovenians, or the races of more recent im are fully naturalized. The disposition to acquire citizenship after design residence in this country is set forth in the followi shows, by years in the United States and race, the p condition of foreign-born male employees who were 2 or over at time of coming to the United States: TABLE 78.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employee of age or over at time of coming to the United States, by years in the [By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United State only races with 100 or more males reporting. The total, however, is for a In United States 10 I b P The Germans show the largest and the Swede proportion who have first papers only. The Slov largest proportion who have evinced no interest in citi sidered from the standpoint of length of residence States, each race shows a decidedly larger proportion period of residence of ten years or over than of those of residence from five to nine years, who are fully nat proportion who have first papers only ranges from 5 the Germans to 15.7 per cent of the North Italians w period of residence, and from 27.9 per cent of the Pole of the Swedes with the longer period of residence. The table following shows, by race of individua political condition of foreign-born males, in the house who had been in the United States five years or over 21 years of age at time of coming to this country. table, cured terest imber older lians. TABLE 79.-Present political condition of foreign-born males who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race of individual. (STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.) [By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.] Number a Not computed, owing to small number involved. From the above table it will be noted that 36, or 30.8 per cent, of the 117 males for whom information was obtained are fully naturalized, while an additional 14, or 12 per cent, have secured first papers only. Of the South Italians, 9 are fully naturalized and an additional 5 have first papers, making slightly more than 50 per cent who have either become citizens or have declared their intentions to become so. The Poles report 9 out of 39, or nearly 25 per cent, fully naturalized and 4, or about 10 per cent, with first papers only. No other races report in sufficient numbers to be representative. ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH. The following table shows, by sex and general nativity and race of individual, the percentage of persons, in the households studied, 6 years of age or over, who could speak English: TABLE 80.-Per cent of persons 6 years of age or over who speak English, by sex and general nativity and race of individual. (STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.) [This table includes only non-English-speaking races with 40 or more persons reporting. The totals, however, are for all non-English-speaking races.] |