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Fewer women in the cities than in the rural districts were making 

 the children's garments. In general the percentage making each 

 garment decreases as the size of the community increases. 



Classified by income, the highest percentage making each garment, 

 except coats, is found either in the $1,000 to $1,999 group or in the 

 $2,000 to $2,999 group. The latter group has a larger number of the 

 high percentages. 



RELATION OP HOME SEWING TO SIZE OF PAMTLT 



Table 5 gives the number of women making the garments listed in 

 Tables 2 and 4 for women and children, classified according to the 

 size of the family, together with the number making the five garments 

 for men listed in the questionnaire, namely, coats, shirts, trousers, 

 pajamas, and bathrobes. There were a few families having more 

 than nine members, but the number was too small for comparison. 



Tablk 5. — Relation between size of family and number of different garments made at 

 home for men, women, and children 



From the summary in Table 5 it is seen that nearly 70 per cent of 

 the women were making 9 or more kinds of garments. As the size 

 of the family increases the percentage making 17 to 24 and 25 to 32 

 kinds of garments increases, while the percentage making 1 to 8 

 and 9 to 10 kinds decreases. In other words, tne more members 

 there were in the family, the more kinds of garments were made at 

 home. 



In the data collected from this survey it was also found that 22.2 

 per cent of the women were making shirts, 2.3.2 per cent were making 

 pajamas, and 35.6 per cent were making one or more kinds of gar- 

 ments for men. Tucker reported that 30.8 per cent of the women 

 were making shirts and 25.8 per cent were making pajamas for their 

 husbands or adult boys. 



REASONS FOR MAKING GARMENTS AT HOME 



The percentage of women who sewed because of some of the 

 reasons suggested in the questionnaire are given in Talle 6. The 

 percentages are based on the number of women in each group who 

 answered this question. 



