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in the negative when asked if married, these classes may with 

 little chance of error be assumed to be included in the list of 

 unmarried, and those answering in the affirmative may with 

 little chance of error be assumed to have some sort of family 

 life. 20 



An examination of the cases in this study arranged according 

 to single race or nationality units and civil condition shows that 

 in most of the single race or nationality units of the New Immi- 

 gration the per cent of those married is in general higher than 

 among other race or nationality units. There is an important 

 exception to this in the case of the Greeks and Italians. This 

 may be explained partly at least by the fact that more unmarried 

 men in the general population of those race or nationality units 

 come to the United States. 21 Among the race or nationality 

 units belonging to the Old Immigration, the proportion of mar- 

 ried offenders is in general lower than in other race or nationality 

 units. 



Comparing the proportion of married offenders in this study 

 by race or nationality group with the proportion of married 

 persons in the general population of the United States in 1910 

 by the roughly corresponding color and nativity group, the 

 criminal population in this study shows a much smaller proportion 

 of persons married in every group. 



Of the total number of cases of all races or nationality groups 

 in this study, 41.8 per cent are married, while in the general 

 population of the United States in 1910, 57 . 3 per cent are married. 



An examination of the women offenders of this study shows 

 that the proportion of married women (37.4 per cent) is con- 

 siderably less than the proportion of married women (58.9 per 

 cent) in the general population of the United States in 1910. 



The proportion of married women in this study is considerably 

 less than the proportion of married men. 



This conclusion as to the small proportion of married persons 

 in this study is consistent with conclusions reached by investi- 

 gators of crime both in this country and abroad. 22 



7. Illiteracy 23 



In this study the only information given in the materials as 

 to amount of education is that of ability to read and write, a 



2 °Lydston, p. 139; Census, 1910, Vol. I, Population, p. 507. 

 21 Faircnild (Greek Immigration) . See also immigration statistics. 

 22Koren, p. 55; Aschaeffenburg, pp. 162, 166, 167; Lombroso (Crime, Its Causes 

 and Remedies), p. 192; Lydston, p. 138; De Quiros, p. 114. 

 23 Original tables, pp. 102-107. See Preface to this study. 



