Congressional Edition Volume 5871 (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: ...of residence in the United States of foreign-born fathers, by race of father of pupil. By years is the United States Is meant years since first arrival In the United States. No deduction is made for time spent abroad. Six of the races included in the above table show that of the children of foreign-born fathers more than 10 per cent are children of fathers who have been in the United States less than five years. The Magyar, with 19.2 per cent, shows the highest proportion. None of the children of Ruthenian fathers report a residence of less than five years in the United States. The Lithuanian follows with 0.5 per cent, while the Irish show but 1.3 per cent. The last column of the table shows that the Irish have the largest proportion of children of fathers with a residence in the United States of twenty or more years, the percentage for that race being 84.3. The race next in order is the Welsh with 83.1 per cent. The race showing the lowest proportion with this period of residence is the Roumanian Hebrew with 18.4 per cent. The table also shows that 60.2 per cent of the Roumanian Hebrew pupils and 52.4 per cent of the Magyar pupils are children of fathers who have been in the United States less than ten years. The next table in this series shows for the pupils 8 years of age or over, who are children of foreign-born fathers, the number and per cent who are retarded. The pupils of each race are divided into four groups: Children of fathers who have been in the United States less than five years, children of fathers who have been in the United States from five to nine years, children of fathers who have been in the United States from ten to nineteen years, and children of fathers who have been in the United States twenty of more years. The...