ve the smallest. The proportion of widowed employees is the Irish, Germans, and English, in the order mentioned. following table the conjugal condition of the southern iron workers is examined according to age groups and general nd race of individual: -Per cent of male employees in each conjugal condition, by age groups and general nativity and race. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) cludes only races with 100 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] tal...... 132 16.7 75.8 7.6 3,613 59.5 38.8 1.7 2,697 19.4 75.6 5.0 1,273 8.980. 210.9 7,583 36.7 58.9 4.4 orn of for orn. orn.. 173 61.3 37.6 1.2 181 24.971.3 3.9 2,859 57.1 40.8 2.1 2,044 19.774.5 5.9 754 68.431.4 .1 653 18.4 79.3 2.3 100 12.0 76. 012. 0 454 35.9 59.5 4.6 5,876 36.059.1 5.0 1,707 39.3 58.2 2.5 56 5.4 80.414.3 a Not computed, owing to small number involved. persons for whom information was obtained in this section, noted that the largest proportion, or 58.9 per cent, are while 36.7 per cent are single. Of those who are from 20 to of age, 59.5 per cent are single and 38.8 per cent married, as I with 19.4 and 75.6 per cent single and married, respectively, rom 30 to 44 years of age, and 8.9 and 80.2 per cent single ied, respectively, of those 45 years of age or over. The ns widowed range from 1.7 per cent of those 20 to 29 years 10.9 per cent of those 45 years of age or over. the foreign-born it will be noted that of those from 20 to of age the Greeks, with 84.5 per cent, show a considerably oportion single than do the South Italians and a much larger n single than do the Russians, Germans, or Slovaks, the last porting 50 per cent. A decided decrease in the proportions 0.8 per cent of the South Italians, are widowed, the other races in this conjugal condition rangin of the Russians to 1.6 per cent of the Slovaks. Among the Germans and Irish native-born of f be noted that in each age group the latter show a proportion single and a considerably smaller p than do the former, the proportions of the Irish wid 20 to 29 years and 45 years of age or over, bein of the proportions shown by the Germans, while of those from 30 to 44 years of age. The question of greatest interest in connection condition of employees is whether or not the marri birth have their wives and families with them, th being conducive to migratory habits and a group As regards this point the following table shows b the per cent of foreign-born husbands who report States and the per cent who report wife abroad. TABLE 646.-Per cent of foreign-born husbands who report wi and per cent who report wife abroad, by race of hi (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more husbands reporting. The tota Bulgarian.. German. Greek. Irish.. Italian, South. Russian... Scotch.. Slovak. Total. Race of husband. born.] Number reportin complete data. 41 50 100 68 43 248 70 41 95 970 Information was obtained in this locality for husbands, of which number the largest proportion, report wife in the United States, while 42.3 per abroad. It will be noted from the above table that a very portion of husbands of each of the older than of immigrant races report wife in the United States. husbands, and all but a very small proportion of the and Irish, report wives in this country, the proport among these races reporting wife abroad in no insta per cent. Of the more recent immigrant races, the S 56.8 per cent of whom report wife in the United Stat siderably larger proportion than do the South Ita trasted with the above, the proportions of Greek, Bulgarian husbands who report wife in the United from 14 7 to 2 4 per cent. are extremely low ole next presented exhibits the tendency on the part of ales of foreign birth to send for their wives after a desigiod of residence in the United States. It shows by race d and by years husband has been in the United States nt of foreign-born husbands who report wife abroad. -Per cent of foreign-born husbands who report wife abroad, by race of husband and by years husband has been in the United States. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) e United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only races with 100 or more husbands reporting.] rman husbands who have been in the United States from ne years, and only 1.2 per cent who have been in the United n years or over, as compared with 13.6 and 15.4 per cent, ely, of South Italian husbands, report wife abroad, while of sbands who have been in the United States under five years, cent of the German, as compared with 68 per cent of the alian, report wife not in the United States. VISITS ABROAD. ble next presented shows the visits abroad made by foreignle employees, by years in the United States and race. 3.- Visits abroad made by foreign-born male employees, by years in the United States and race. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes races with 100 or more males reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.] Of the 1,617 foreign-born male employees in t ing whom information was obtained, only 10.8 per or more visits abroad, the Slovaks with 18.6 slightly larger proportion than the Germans, proportion than the Russians, South Italians, or named. As regards those who have been in the five years, 4.2 per cent have made one or more proportion is increased to 16.1 per cent of thos of from five to nine years in the United State cent of those with a residence of ten years or ov several races the representatives of which have States under five years, the Slovaks with 19.5 pe siderably larger proportion having made one or than do the Germans or Russians, and a much than do the South Italians or Greeks. None of a residence of from five to nine years in the Un slightly smaller proportion of Slovaks in this tha period of residence, have made one or more visit other hand, the South Italians in this period of slightly larger proportion, and the Russians a proportion, having made one or more visits abroad those having a residence of less than five years in thi those who have been in the United States ten Slovaks, while showing a slightly larger proportion or South Italians having made one or more visits & a slightly smaller proportion than is shown by the been in the United States from five to nine years. and Germans, however, show considerable increas preceding period of residence. AGE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES. racteristics of the immigrant labor supply according to age ed in the following table, which shows by general nativity he percentage of male employees studied in the South who ch specified age group: -Per cent of male employees within each age group, by general nativity and race. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) udes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] 8,325 male employees in this locality, less than 10 per cent r 19 years old, 43.5 per cent are from 20 to 29, 32.5 per cent 30 to 44, and 15.4 per cent are 45 or over. Only 4 per cent re 55 years of age. The foreign-born show proportions in group that vary little from those shown for all employees. g the foreign-born it will be noted that, with the exception of ch and Swedes, a much larger proportion of each of the older nt races are 35 years of age or over than under 35, while the s true of the more recent immigrant races. The proportions English, Scotch, and Germans from 20 to 24 years of age, -asted with the proportions of the other races, are very low. true of the Irish, English, and Germans from 25 to 29 years The Lith.. 41 nt the longest pro |