TABLE 62.-Number and per cent of families owning home, by general nativity and race of head of family. Upon comparing the general nativity groups in the preceding table, it is seen that slightly more than one-fifth, or to be exact, 21.8 per cent, of the families the heads of which were white persons of native birth and 21.6 per cent of those the heads of which were of foreign birth own their own homes. The families of the second generation, or those whose heads were of native birth but of foreign father, report a slightly larger proportion than the two nativity groups mentioned above, or 25.6 per cent, owning their homes. A very unfavorable showing, by way of further comparison, is made by native-born negro families with only 4.2 per cent of home ownership. The figures showing this small degree of home ownership among the negro families should be modified by the statement, however, that a large proportion of the families represented were those of bituminous coal mine workers in the Southern States who had no opportunity to purchase homes if they had been so inclined owing to the system of company houses prevailing in bituminous mining localities. Upon analyzing the figures for the families the heads of which were foreign-born, it is seen that as a rule the races of older immigration from Great Britain and northern Europe are more extensive home owners as a whole than the members of races of recent immigration. The percentage of home ownership among representative races of the old immigration is as follows: The principal races of recent immigration from southern and eastern Europe make the following showing as to the acquisition of homes: 18.1 The geographical location of the Bohemians and Moravians in Europe would class them among the more recent immigrants, but the period of time during which they have been coming to the United States would place them among the older immigrant races. They Ishow the largest proportion of home-owning families of all races the heads of which were native-born of foreign father or foreign-born. On the other hand, the Finnish families, which show a percentage of home ownership amounting to 56.3, should be geographically I classed with the older immigrants from Great Britain and northern Europe, but by period of residence in this country the larger proportion should be termed recent immigrants. Of the families of recent immigration, the North Italians, Slovenians, Croatians, Portuguese, Poles, Lithuanians, Slovaks, South Italians, and Magyars have, in the order named, a proportion ranging from 27.8 to 13.7 per cent which own their homes. An almost negligible proportion of Russians, Greeks, Roumanians, Servians, and Syrians, varying from 1.2 to 4.7 per cent in the order mentioned, have acquired homes. STATUS OF CHILDREN IN THE HOUSEHOLDS STUDIED. The two tables which immediately follow set forth the general status. and industrial condition of the children in the households studied. The first table submitted shows, by sex and general nativity and race of individual, the per cent of children in the households studied 6 and under 16 years of age who are at home, at school, and at work. TABLE 63.-Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, and at work, by general nativity and race of individual. (STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more children reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] |