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of the Poles, all other races showing under 10 per cent. No nativeborn whatever appear in this class. Again, where the source of income is from the husband and children, the North Italian is ahead, with 21.3 per cent; his neighbor, the South Italian, is next, with somewhat less than that proportion. The Syrians, Poles, and Armenians show between 10 and 15 per cent, while the Hebrew comes below the 10 per cent mark. The native-born show over 14 per cent getting an income from husband and children. Two races only, North Italian and Polish, each with 4.3 per cent, appear to have families whose incomes come entirely from the husband, wife, and children. The Poles, with over 26 per cent of families receiving their income from the husband and boarders or lodgers, show by far the highest proportion in that class, the next highest figure being the 14.8 per cent shown by the Armenians. The South Italians have over 10 per cent, but all other races are under that figure; also, the native-born come under that figure. A remarkably large proportion, over 14 per cent, of Armenians obtain their entire income from the children.

RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FAMILY

INCOME.

The extent to which the families studied depend upon the designated sources of income is set forth in the table next submitted, which shows, by general nativity and race of head of family, the per cent of total yearly income from husband, wife, children, boarders or lodgers, and other sources.

TABLE 42.-Per cent of total family income within the year from husband, wife, children, boarders or lodgers, and other sources, by general nativity and race of head of family.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more families reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

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In the 248 selected families 67.2 per cent of the total yearly income was from the earnings of the husband; 17.4 per cent was from the contributions of children. Comparatively small proportions of total income came from the other specified sources. Although the earnings of the husband comprise the greater part of the total income in the families, both of the native-born of native father and the foreignborn, they are, nevertheless, a factor of more weight in the former class where they comprise 88.9 per cent of the total income. The foreign-born, on the contrary, have a larger proportion of the total income from every other source than the native-born of native father. Each specified race has the greater proportion of the total income from the earnings of the husband; 90.4 per cent of the income of Hebrew families is from that source. The North Italians have a comparatively large proportion of income from the earnings of the wife. Contributions of children are a relatively important item in the total

income of Armenian and South Italian families.

CHAPTER IV.

WORKING CONDITIONS.

Regularity of employment-The immigrant and organized labor-[Text Tables 43 to 45 and General Table 22].

REGULARITY OF EMPLOYMENT.

The regularity of work offered and the relative industriousness of the several races is set forth in the following table, which shows, by general nativity and race of individual, the months worked during the past year by males 16 years of age or over who were employed away from home:

TABLE 43.-Months worked during the past year by males 16 years of age or over employed away from home, by general nativity and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

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The greater proportion of the total number of males 16 years of age or over employed away from home worked at least nine months during the past year; 38.3 per cent worked twelve months. Similarly the greater proportion of foreign-born persons worked nine months or over and 36.3 per cent worked twelve months. The native-born of native father worked twelve months in 73.9 per cent of the cases and nine months or over in 87 per cent. There is considerable variation in the length of time worked by the specified races. The Armenians and Syrians most commonly worked the maximum period. The Hebrews and North Italians worked at least nine

months in the greater proportion of cases. On the other hand, less than half of the South Italians and Poles worked as much as nine months.

The table next presented shows, by general nativity and race of individual, the months worked during the past year by females 16 years of age or over in the households studied, who were employed away from home:

TABLE 44.-Months worked during the past year by females 16 years of age or over employed away from home, by general nativity and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more females reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

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From the above table it will be seen that of the 67 females in this industry for whom information was obtained, only 20.9 per cent worked the full twelve months during the past year, 52.2 per cent worked nine months or over, 86.6 per cent six months or over, while 3 per cent worked less than three months. It will be seen from the above table that the proportion of foreign-born working the full twelve months and nine months or over is slightly lower, and the proportion working six months or over and three months or over is slightly higher than the proportion shown in the total. As regards the foreign-born North Italians it will be seen that the proportion working each specified number of months is slightly below that shown for the total foreign-born.

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