in their native lands when immigrating to the United States. The following table shows by race of husband the per cent of foreignborn husbands who report wife in the United States and per cent who report wife abroad.

TABLE 155.-Per cent of foreign-born husbands who report wife in the United States and per cent who report wife abroad, by race of husband.

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[This table includes only races with 40 or more husbands reporting. The total, however, is for all foreignborn.]

The proportion of the foreign-born husbands, for whom information is presented in this table, who report wives in the United States is 70.5 per cent. Of the several races the English, Swedes and Finns have the largest and the North Italians the smallest proportion of husbands reporting wives in the United States.

The extent to which foreign-born employees who came to this country without their wives send for them after designated periods of residence is set forth in the table next presented, which shows by race of husband and by years husband has been in the United States the percentage of foreign-born husbands who report wife abroad. TABLE 156.-Per cent of foreign-born husbands who report wife abroad, by race of husband and by years husband has been in the United States.

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[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 husbands reporting.]

It appears from the above table that, in each of the three races for which the percentages are given, the proportion of husbands reporting wives abroad decreases with length of residence of husbands in the United States. This decrease is most marked among the Poles. The Poles show the largest and the Finns the smallest proportion of

husbands who have been in this country under five years reporting wives abroad, while the North Italians have the largest and the Finns the smallest proportion of husbands who have been here from five to nine years who report wives abroad. The proportion of husbands who have been here ten years or over who report wives abroad is smallest for the Poles and very much larger for the North Italians than for either the Poles or the Finns.

VISITS ABROAD.

The tendency manifested by employees of foreign birth to return to their native lands for visits of varying duration after designated periods of residence in this country is considered in the table next submitted. It shows, by years in the United States and race, the visits abroad made by foreign-born male employees.

TABLE 157.-Visits abroad made by foreign-born male employees, by years in the United States and race.

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[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.]

From the above table it appears that 6.3 per cent of the foreignborn males who have been in the United States under five years have made one or more visits abroad, as compared with 19.3 per cent of those who have been here from five to nine years, 19.3 per cent of those who have been here ten years or over, and 12.5 per cent of all foreign-born male employees. In every race for which the percentages are given, a larger proportion of employees who have been in the United States from five to nine years than of employees. who have been here under five years report visits abroad. The proportion of employees who have been in the United States ten years or over reporting visits abroad is, in some instances, larger than the proportion of employees who have been here from five to nine years who report visits. It will be noted that the North Italians, Slovaks, and Swedes, in the order mentioned, have the largest and the Croatians the smallest proportion of individuals in the United States under five years who report visits abroad and that the North Italians have the largest and the Finns and Croatians the smallest proportion of individuals who have been here from five to nine years who report visits abroad. The proportion of individuals in this

country ten years or over, reporting visits abroad, is much larger for the North Italians than for any other race, and is smallest for the Poles and Finns.

AGE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES.

The range in ages of employees is exhibited in the table next presented which shows by general nativity and race the proportion of male employees within each specified age group.

TABLE 158.-Per cent of male employees within each age group, by general nativity and

race.

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[This table includes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.)

It appears from the above table that none of the male employees, for whom information was secured, are under 14 years of age; that 6.3 per cent are from 14 to 19; that 27.2 per cent are from 20 to 24; that 24.1 per cent are from 25 to 29; that 16.4 per cent are from 30 to 34; that 17.6 per cent are from 35 to 44; that 6.8 per cent are from 45 to 54; and that only 1.5 per cent are 55 or over. The proportion of employees from 20 to 24 years of age is largest for the nativeborn of foreign father and smallest for the foreign-born; the propor tion of employees from 25 to 29 and from 35 to 44, respectively, is largest for the foreign-born and smallest for the native-born of foreign father; the proportion of employees from 30 to 34 is largest for the foreign-born and smallest for the native-born of native father; the proportion of employees from 45 to 54 is largest for the nativeborn of native father and smallest for the native-born of foreign father; and the proportion of employees 55 or over is slightly larger for the native-born of foreign father than for the foreign-born.

Of the foreign-born, the Croatians and Finns have the largest and the French Canadians and English the smallest proportion of individuals from 20 to 24 years of age; the North Italians and Finns have the largest and the English and the French Canadians the smallest proportion from 25 to 29 years of age; and the Slovaks have the largest and the South Italians the smallest proportion from 30 to 34. The proportion of individuals from 35 to 44 is largest for the French Canadians, Slovaks, and Slovenians, in the order mentioned; the proportion of individuals from 45 to 54 is largest for the English, French Canadians, and Swedes in the order mentioned; and the proportion of those 55 or over is largest for the French Canadians and English, in the order mentioned: