A comparison of the sexes as to conjugal condition shows the following: Of the foreign-born males 13.5 per cent were single, while of the foreign-born females only 3.8 per cent were single. Of the foreign-born males 5 per cent and of the foreign-born females 33.9 per cent were deserted, separated, or divorced. Of the females, 40 per cent or more in the following races were deserted, separated, or divorced: The next table shows, by race, the number of cases where the wife was the head, reported widowed, deserted, or separated, and the per cent which each forms of the total. TABLE 23.-Number and per cent of cases assisted in which wife was head and reported widowed, deserted, or separated, by general nativity and race of head of case. [This table includes only races represented by 20 or more cases as shown in Table 3. The totals, however, are for all races. -Number and per cent of cases assisted in which wife was head and reported deserted, or separated, by general nativity and race and head of case- -Continued. es where a widow was the head comprise 20.5 per cent of the ber. The percentages, by general nativity, are 21.3 for rn and 19.9 for native-born. eral races the head was a widow in more than one-fourth es where the head was a woman deserted or separated, comer cent of the total number. The percentages by general e, for the native-born 10.8 and for the foreign-born 7.9. t table includes the same cases as are shown in the table y preceding. This table, however, shows for all cases in vife was the head, reported widowed, deserted, or separated, tion of cases in which she was widowed, and the propores in which she was deserted or separated. Number and per cent of cases in which wife is head and reported widowed, serted, or separated, by general nativity and race of head of case. les only races represented by 50 or more cases, as shown in Table 3. The totals, however, are for all races.] TABLE 24.—Number and per cent of cases in which wife is head and reported widowed, deserted, or separated, by general nativity and race of head of case-Continued. The wife was reported widowed in 67.8 per cent and deserted or separated in 32.2 per cent of all cases where a wife was the head of a case and reported widowed, deserted, or separated. Among the foreign-born 27.1 per cent, and among the native-born 35.2 per cent, were reported deserted or separated. GENERAL OCCUPATION OF PERSONS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE. The next table shows for each race the percentage of children at home, at school, and at work. In the complete report these data are shown in the general tables for all children under 16 and also for each of the age groups-under 6, 6 to 13, and 14 and 15. |