TABLE 703.-Per cent of male employees 20 years of age or over in each conjugal condition, by general nativity and race. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] Total native-born.. Total foreign-born........ The preceding table comprises a total of 5,047 males who are 20 years of age or over. Of this number 60.6 per cent are married, 34.7 per cent single, and 4.6 per cent widowed. The native-born whites show a larger proportion married than do the native-born of foreign father, who in turn show a larger proportion than do the native-born negroes; the foreign-born shows the smallest proportion married. The native-born negroes show the largest proportion widowed and the total foreign-born show the smallest. Of the several foreign races the Greek and Swedish are the only ones showing a larger proportion single than married. The table next submitted shows, by age groups and general nativity [This table includes only races with 100 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] 45 years of age or 20 years of age or over. age. over. བསྐོ ན མ་ ནས། TABLE 705.-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 reports 1,804 males and females 20 years of age or over in the households studied, of whom 22.6 per cent are single and 2.4 per cent are widowed. A considerably greater percentage of native-born negroes of native father are married than is the case with either the total native-born of foreign father or the total foreign-born. Of the foreign-born races the Greeks show the largest proportion of single persons and the smallest proportion of married, while the Slovaks show just the reverse. The Slovaks also have more in a widowed condition than has any other race. Out of 817 persons between 20 and 29 years of age, 43.7 per cent are single, 55.7 per cent married, and less than 1 per cent widowed. Here the negroes show a greater percentage married than do either the native-born of foreign father or the foreign-born. Among those of foreign birth the Slovaks have the lowest number of single persons and the highest number of married, while with the Greeks the opposite is the rule. Of the persons between 30 and 44 years of age 91.6 per cent are married and 1.4 per cent are widowed. The Slovaks have none single, 93.4 per cent being married and 6.6 per cent widowed; the latter figure is higher than that of any other race. Among those married the French occupy first place, while the Macedonians, Bulgarians, South Italians, and Slovaks follow closely in the order named, each with more than 90 per cent married. In the group of those 45 years of age or over less than 1 per cent are single, and 9.9 per cent are widowed. Only one foreign-born race, the Bulgarian, reports any single persons in this age group. The Slovaks with over 18 per cent widowed. show the highest figure in Of the 248 South Italians in the Birmingham district for whom information was obtained 52.8 per cent report their wives abroad. It will be seen from the preceding table that a very small proportion of those who have been in the United States from five to nine years and ten years or over, as compared with those who have been in the United States under five years, report their wives abroad. VISITS ABROAD. The fact that such large proportions of southern and eastern European immigrants are single men or married men whose wives are abroad discourages permanent settlement in this country, and enables the immigrant employees to move readily from place to place according to fluctuations in the demand for labor. Considerable proportions also make visits of different periods of duration to their native countries. This fact may be seen from the following table, which shows, by years in the United States and race of individual, the visits abroad made by foreign-born male employees: TABLE 708.- Visits abroad made by foreign-born male employees, by years in the United (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.] Of a total of 981 persons included in the above table the total proportion reporting one or more visits abroad is 8.5 per cent. Of those resident in the United States ten years or more, the proportion reporting visits abroad is 29.3 per cent. A very small percentage report visits abroad among those residing in the United States under five years, while among those five to nine years in the country the proportion is 18.5 per cent. The total percentage is greater among the South Italians than among the Greeks, and the South Italians also lead among those residing in the United States under five years. Of those here five to nine years, and ten years or over, the South Italians report 7.7 per cent and 13.3 per cent, respectively, as having made visits abroad. A |