TABLE 112.-Number and per cent of children

and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by general nativity and race of father and by birthplace of child.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more children born in the United States and also 20 or more born abroad. The native-born of native father are shown for comparative purposes.]

Of all the children 6 and under 16 years of age for whom information was secured, 84.4 per cent are at school, 10.1 per cent are at home, and only 5.5 per cent are at work. The proportion of children at home is higher among the foreign-born than among either the native-born of foreign father or the native-born of native father, and the proportion at school is higher among both the native-born of foreign father and the native-born of native father than among the foreign-born, while the proportion at work, which is very low for the native-born whites of native father, is slightly higher for the native-born of foreign father than for the foreign-born.

In the case of each of the foreign races included in the table the proportion of children at home is larger for children born abroad than for children born in the United States, the difference in the percentages being largest among the Bohemians and Moravians and smallest among the Croatians. Of the Croatian children, a larger proportion of the foreign-born than of the native-born are reported at school, while for the children of each of the other races included in the table the reverse is true. The proportion of children at work is larger for the foreign-born than for the native-born among the German and Polish families, but larger for the native-born than for the foreign-born among the Croatian and Bohemian and Moravian

families.

CITIZENSHIP.

The series of tables next presented sets forth the degree of citizenship and of interest in obtaining citizenship among foreign-born male employees and male members of their households who have been in the United States for a sufficient period of time to satisfy the requirements for complete naturalization. The first table and its chart which immediately follow show by race of individual, the present political condition of foreign-born male employees 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 113.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees 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.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.]

Information was obtained in this industry for 6,778 foreign born male employees, of which number 44.3 per cent are fully naturalized and an additional 19.1 per cent have secured first papers.

Among those races manifesting an interest in American citizenship it will be noted that a slightly larger proportion of Irish than Germans, Swedes, Canadians, other than French, English, Danes, or Scotch, a considerably larger proportion than of Bohemians and Moravians, Norwegians, or Russian Hebrews, and a very much larger proportion than is shown by any of the other races, are fully naturalized, the Slovaks reporting the smallest proportion, or 10.6 per cent. As regards these same races, having secured first papers only, it will be seen that the Croatians, with 46.4 per cent, show a considerably larger proportion than the Norwegians, Russian Hebrews, Magyars, Danes, or Slovenians, and a much larger proportion than is shown by any of the other races, the Scotch reporting the smallest proportion, or 10.5 per cent.

The tendency to acquire citizenship after designated periods of residence in this country may be seen in the table and charts next presented, which show, by years in the United States and race of individual, the present political condition of foreign-born male employees who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to the United States.

TABLE 114.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to the United States, 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.]

Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States 5 to 9 years and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race. [This chart shows only races with 100 or more reporting.

The total, however, is for all foreign-born ]