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Table 4. — Replies to questions relative to number of persons not eating meat 
[Philadelphia and Pittsburgh not included] 
Family members 
Servants 
Group 
| 
o 
3 Men over 
"3 - 19 vears 
11 
Women , Chil- 
over 19 drenlS- 
years 19 years 
Chil- 
dren 10- 
14 years 
Children 
5-9 years 
Children 
under 5 
years 
ss 
* 
P 
© 
11 § 
I j 1 
- 
a 
© 
Hi 
t-4 
© 
.a 
a 
3 
z 
Per cent l 
Number 
Per cent » 
© 
— 
I 
2 
a 
© 

© 
- 
1 
3 
z 
8 
- 
1 
© 
1 
3 £ 
© 
© 
(1 
© 
American white: 
Poor class 
Middle class 
Well-to-do class 
Wealthy class i 
3,138 
2,736 
2,764 
L937 
6. 8 804 
6.3 876 
4.7 870 
3. 4 614 
1.4 865 
1. 7 1, 001 
1. 5 1, 151 
2.1 742 
3. 214 2. 3 363 
4. 1 19.5 3. 1 211 
3.6 172 197 
2.7 113 155 
0.3 
2.4 
2.5 

436 
233 
203 
159 
3.2 
6.0 
5.4 
.6 
456 34. 2 
220 41. 8 
171 35. 9 
153 20. S 
1 
21 
162 
662 


1.2 
.3 
Total American 
white 
10, 575 
5. 5 3, 164 
1. 6 3, 759 
3.4 694 1.6 
927 
1.2 
1, 031 
3.9 
1, 000 34. 1 
846 
.5 
Colored: 
Poor class 
803 
817 
20S 
237 
296 
1,017 
421 
547 
308 
c2: 
1 
3.5 
4.0 
. 5 
8.9 
3.4 
4.9 
7.1 
8.4 
1.9 
4.2 
I 1 
224 . 4 
265 . S 
63 1.6 
69 1.4 
115 .9 
259; 2.3 
15! 6.7 
130 . 8 
SO 
194 1.0 
27a 
?, 5 
64 
64 
15 
22 
15 
99 4.0 
7 j 
45 
37 
60 
75 
61 
22 
20 
23 
132 
2 
69 
54 




4.3 
4.5 

7.2 

86 
61 3.3 
21 
1816.6 
20 
143 4.2 
2 50. 
96! 5.2 
39' 
65! 3. 1 
| 
7925. 3 
2 
Middle class 
Foreign: 
Finnish 
293 
61 
88 
110 
251 
15 
2.4 

3.4 
3.6 
3.6 
fi 7 
73 30. 1 
26 
20 70. 
13 30. 8 
133 14. 3 
1 
90 37. 8 
1 
French 
German 
Italian 
Jewish 
19 
... 3 L*_ 
I 6 
Polish 
117 .9 
78. 2. 6 
Russian 
20 20. 
Scandinavian 
195 
3.1 
62 

47J34. 
2 50.0 
1 Percentage in each case is based on the number to the left of the indicated percentage. For example, 
1.4 per cent of the S04 men over 19 years of age in the poor class of the American white group did not eat 
meat. 
- Replies from Binghamton, Birmingham. Denver, Fargo, Grand Forks, Lincoln, Minneapolis, New 
Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Francisco, and Washington. 
Table 5. — Replies to the question: If there are any adults who do not eat meat, 
yjhat are the reasons why they do not? 
Group 
„, , Percentage replying 
Total j 
number ' 1 
of adults 
replying Diet Distaste 
High 
American white: 
Poor class 1 _. 
37 
62.2 
32.4 
5.4 
Middle class 2 __ ___ _. 
61 
78.7 
19.7 
1.6 
Well-to-do class 3 
61 
75.4 
23.0 
1.6 
Wealthv class 4 
37 
73.0 
27.0 
Total American white. 
73.4 
24.5 
2.1 
J Rephes from 14 cities, Fargo and New Orleans not included. 
2 Replies from 14 cities, Fargo and Lincoln not included. 
3 Replies from 15 cities, Jacksonville net included. 
♦Replies from 11 cities, Baltimore, Fargo, Jacksonville, New Haven, and San Francisco not included. 
