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the latter. The average rental paid per room is $4.21 ; the New 

 Immigration and the Colored paying an average of $3.31 and 

 $4.25 a room, respectively, the Americans and Old Immigration 

 paying $5.62 and $3.68 a room, the differences in price by no 

 means measuring the differences in comforts received. 



In juvenile delinquency, the conditions of home life are 

 those of the lower economic and social classes. Of the total 

 number, 87.2 per cent show very unfavorable home conditions. 

 Of these the New Immigration and the Colored show 88.46 per 

 cent and 100 per cent of their respective numbers, and the Amer- 

 icans and Old Immigration 81.81 per cent and 83.33 per cent 

 respectively. That is, of all the cases a very high per cent show 7 

 quite unfavorable home conditions, and of these the New Immi- 

 gration and the Colored show somewhat higher relative pro- 

 portions than the Americans and the Old Immigration. 



Industrial status bears perhaps the most definite relation to 

 economic and social class. In juvenile delinquency 10.46 per 

 cent of the parents are engaged in low-paid, irregular work, 

 41.86 per cent in unskilled labor, and 30.23 per cent in skilled 

 labor. In group I, low-paid, irregular work, the New Immigra- 

 tion and the Colored furnish 11.51 per cent and 16.66 per cent 

 of their respective numbers, and the Americans and Old Immi- 

 gration 9.0 per cent and none of their numbers respectively; 

 in group II, unskilled labor, the New Immigration and the Colored 

 furnish 59.61 per cent and 50.0 per cent of their respective 

 numbers, and the Americans and Old Imigration 4.5 per cent 

 and 16.67 per cent respectively; in group III, skilled labor, the 

 New Immigration and the Colored furnish 7 . 69 per cent and 

 none of their respective numbers, and the Americans and the 

 Old Immigration 81.82 per cent and 66.66 per cent respectively. 



In petty adult crime, 8.51 per cent are engaged in irregular 

 low-paid work, 2.63 per cent in small businesses, 48.72 per cent 

 in unskilled labor, 3.46 per cent in semi-skilled labor, 18.73 per 

 cent in skilled labor, 0.52 per cent in professions, 3.59 per cent 

 in business, and 0.56 per cent in agriculture. In groitp I, irre- 

 gular low-paid work, the New Immigrants and the Colored show 

 5.01 per cent and 25.59 per cent of their respective numbers, 

 and the Americans and the Old Immigration 7.4 per cent and 

 7.65 per cent respectively; in group II, small businesses, the 

 New Immigration and the Colored show 2 . 99 per cent and 1 . 29 

 per cent of their respective numbers, and the American and Old 

 Immigration 2.05 per cent and 1.70 per cent respectively; in 



