Congressional Edition Volume 5672 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...English than those who were 14 or over at the time of coming to this country. Males show a higher percentage for each period than females. Magyars report 100 per cent of those under 14 at the time of coming to the United States, and comparatively a large percentage of those who were over 14, able to speak English. Among those who were under 14 at the time of coming to this country the Lithuanians report the lowest percentage able to speak English, and South Italians report the lowest percentage able to speak English for those who were 14 years of age or over at the time of coming to the United States. The Germans report the highest total percentage able to speak English. The progress made by employees of non-English-speaking races in acquiring the ability to speak English after designated periods of residence in the country is set forth in the table following, which shows, by sex, years in the United States, and race, the per cent of foreignborn employees who speak English. Table 95.--Per cent of foreign-born employees who speak English, by sex, years in the United States, and race. (STUDY Or EMPLOYEES.) By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only non-English-speaking races with 200 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all nonEnglish-speaking races.) MALE. The preceding table shows that a larger percentage of the males who have been in the United States less than five years are able to speak English than is reported by the females for this period, while the females report slightly larger percentages for the periods from five to nine years and ten years or over. Among those who have been here less than five years, Hebrews other than Russian show the...