centage in this age group. The native-born of foreign father show a considerable higher percentage from 6 to 19 than either the nativeborn of native father or the foreign-born. The whites native-born of native father are the only group showing more than 50 per cent 20 years of age or over, while the native-born of foreign father show the lowest proportion in this period. Of the different foreign-born races, all except the Flemish show a percentage higher than 20 under 6 years of age. The Flemish and Germans show practically the same proportions from 6 to 19 years of age, and all other races have a percentage considerably less in this period. The North Italians and Magyars show practically the same proportions 20 years of age or over, and are the only races reporting having more than 50 per cent in this period. The table next submitted shows, by general nativity and race, the per cent of male employees of plate-glass factories studied who were within each specified age group. TABLE 96.-Per cent of male employees within each age group, by general nativity and race-Plate glass. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] Of the 3,646 male employees in this industry concerning whom information was obtained, 51 per cent are under 30 years of age, none being under 14, while 12.3, 20.2, and 18.5 per cent are from 14 to 19, 20 to 24, and 25 to 29 years of age, respectively. Of those 30 years of age or over, 13.9 per cent are from 30 to 34, 19.9 per cent from 35 to 44, 10.8 per cent from 45 to 54, and only 4.5 per cent 55 years of age or over. Both the foreign-born and white native-born of native father show proportions in each age group that vary only slightly from the proportions shown in the total for all employees. On the other hand, the native-born of foreign father show a much larger proportion from 14 to 19, a slightly larger proportion from 45 to 54, and a slightly smaller proportion in each of the other age groups than is shown for all employees. As compared with the white persons native-born of native father, the negroes show a considerably smaller proportion from 14 to 19, a slightly smaller proportion from 20 to 24 and from 25 to 29, a slightly larger proportion from 35 to 44 and 45 to 54, and a considerably larger proportion from 30 to 34 and 55 years of age or over. Among the foreign-born it will be noted that, with the exception of the Roumanians, a larger proportion of each of the more recent immigrant races is under 30 years of age, while the reverse is true of the older immigrant races. The Russians, with 13.1 per cent from 14 to 19 years of age, show the largest, and the English, with 1.4 per cent, the smallest proportion. The English again show the smallest proportion, or 8.5 per cent, from 25 to 29 years of age, while the French, with 3.8 per cent, a proportion slightly below that of the English, show the smallest proportion from 20 to 24 years of agethe Macedonians reporting the largest proportion from 20 to 24 years of age, or 42.4 per cent, while the Bulgarians, with 30.1 per cent, show the largest proportion from 25 to 29 years of age. The difference in proportions, it will be noted, are less marked among those from 30 to 34 and from 35 to 44 years of age than among those from 45 to 54. In this last group the English, with 26.8 per cent, show a slightly larger proportion than the French or Germans, a considerably larger proportion than the Roumanians or Magyars, and a much larger proportion than that shown by any other race-the Russians reporting the smallest, or 1.9 per cent. No Bulgarians, Greeks, North Italians, Macedonians, Magyars, or Russians, and only very small proportions of the Poles, Roumanians, and Slovaks, as compared with 12.7 per cent of the English, 17.3 per cent of the Germans, and 19.2 per cent of the French, are 55 years of age or over. Among the native-born of foreign father, it will be noted that those whose fathers were born in Germany show proportions in each specified age group that vary little from the proportions shown in the total, excepting that proportion shown for employees between 14 and 19 years of age, which is larger than that shown by any other race in this age group. The table following shows, by general nativity and race, the per cent of male employees of window-glass establishments who were within each specified age group. TABLE 97.-Per cent of male employees within each age group, by general nativity and race-Window glass. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] years of age and Of the 1,548 male employees in this industry for whom information was obtained, it will be noted that none are under 14 only 8 per cent from 14 to 19. The proportions from 20 to 24, 25 to 29, and 35 to 44 years of age vary little one from the other, the proportion from 35 to 44 being slightly higher than that shown in either of the other groups. The proportion from 30 to 34 years of age, it will be noted, while slightly lower than the proportion from 25 to 29, is slightly above the proportion from 45 to 54, and very much above the proportion 55 years of age or over, only 3.6 per cent of the entire number being of this age. As regards the foreign-born, native-born of foreign father, and native-born of native father, white, it will be seen that the proportion of each, in each specified age group, varies only slightly from the proportion shown in the total for all employees. Among the foreign-born it will be noted that no English or Swedes are from 14 to 19 years of age, and no North Italians, South Italians, or Poles are 55 years of age or over, the South Italians reporting the largest proportion, or 13 per cent, from 14 to 19 years of age, while the English report the largest proportion, or 10.4 per cent, 55 years of age or over. As regards those from 20 to 24 and from 25 to 29, the Poles, North Italians, and South Italians show a considerably larger proportion in each group than do the English or Swedes. Of those from 30 to 34 years of age, however, the Swedes, with 19.7 per cent, show the largest proportion, while the South Italians, with 12.3 per cent, show the smallest proportion. As regards those from 35 to 44 and 45 to 54 years of age, it will be seen that the proportions of English and Swedes are, in each instance, considerably in excess of the proportions of either of the other races. It is apparent from the above table that the North Italians, South Italians, and Poles are employed at an earlier age than are the English or Swedes. In the table following the percentage of male employees of glassbottle factories who were within each age group is shown by general nativity and race. TABLE 98.-Per cent of male employees within each age group, by general nativity and race Glass bottles. (STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.) [This table includes only races with 40 or more males reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.] Data were secured from 3,519 male employees, of whom 23.6 per cent were from 14 to 19 years of age, 21.2 per cent were from 20 to 24 years, 15.4 per cent from 25 to 29 years, 12.2 per cent from 30 to 34 years, 15.3 per cent from 35 to 44 years, 8.4 per cent from 45 to 54 years, while 3.9 per cent are 55 or over. Between the various native-born groups and the foreign-born there is no remarkable difference. Each group shows that of those reporting information the greater proportion were between 14 and 29 years of age, excepting that in the column designating those from 14 to 19 years of age the native-born of foreign father shows a considerably higher proportion than the other groups. All of the foreign-born races excepting the Germans show by far the greater proportion of individuals reporting to be between 14 and 29 years of age, but with the Germans the great majority are over that age-over 10 per cent of them being reported as being 55 years or over. The table next presented shows, by sex and general nativity and race, the per cent of employees engaged in the manufacture of glassware who were within each age group. |