The 



Occupations of the People of IndiaNxV 

 TABLE 14— Continued. 



51 



Men 45 Years and 

 Over. 



Number, 



Per Cent. 



Total in group 



Total at work 



Agricultural 



Manufacturing and mechanical 



Trade 



Transportation 



Professional 



Domestic and personal service. 



Mining 



Public service 



Clerical 



Unknown 



318.528 

 264,293 

 116,207 

 65,216 

 27,292 

 15,839 

 7,943 

 7,148 

 4.757 

 4,0194 

 3.498 

 12.299 



100.0 

 82.9 

 43.9 

 24 2 

 10.3 

 6.1 

 3.0 

 2.8 

 1.8 

 1.7 

 1.3 

 4.7 



Work of Boys 10 to 13 Years Old 



Of the 102,400 boys between the ages of 10 to 13 living in 

 Indiana in 1910, only 8.116, or 7.9 per cent, were at work. Eighty 

 per cent of this nnmber were employed on farms, and the next 

 largest gronp, 11.4 per cent, in pursuits incident to trade. Of 

 those at work on farms subsecjuent data reveal the fact that the 

 greater number are working at home. According to the 1910 

 census the problem of productiA^e wage-earning in the early years 

 of boyhood is not a serious one. 



Of the 51,838 boys of the 14-15 age group, 19,572, or 37.7 per 

 cent, were at work in 1910. The greatest per cent at that age 

 were engaged in agricultural pursuits, the total number being 

 10,970, or 56.1 per cent. 3.339 boys, or 17.1 per cent, were en- 

 gaged in manufacturing and mechanical pursuits, and occupations 

 incident to trade involved 1,505, or 7.7 per cent. The remaining 

 workers were distributed in small numbers in the other six pur- 

 suits. It is very significant for purposes of education to note 

 that 37.7 per cent of all boys of these ages are at work. In all 

 probability this percentage is far too low since many boys are 

 doubtless engaged in wage-earning who manage to evade the census 

 enumeration. 



^york of Youths 14 to 13 Years Old 



