37 TABLE XV Family Size:
Migrants and Sc.n:ple of Puerto Rican Households (Percentage-)
No. of M I G F::.. A N T S Members: Group A Group B
%
%
Rural Sample
Urbnn Sample
Total Sample
%
d
/O
TarAL
357 100.0%
425 100.0%
1044 100.0%
41+3
100.0%
601 100.0%
JO, oroore: 8-9 6-7 4-5 2-3 1-0
33.0 10.0
34.0 21.0 18.0 13.0
7.6 13.7 23.5 29.0 22.5 3.7
3.4 9.5 20.6 33.0 27.4 6.1
10.6 J.6.8 25.8 26.0 18.8 2.0
1e.o
16.0 12.0 3.0
n.o 3.0
Source of Sample:
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Lydfa J. Roborts, Patterns of Puerto Rican i?c.mEy Living (unpublished study for Social Science Res.earch Center). Data gathered from 1044 families during ,Tune, July, .August, 19L,6.
The largest group of tho::rn who emigra.te therefore come from fnmilj_es which are far nbove the island average in size. The sample is too smnll to allow a valid generulization but the implication of these data would seem to be that the lnrger the family the greater the necessity of es• caping from an economy which cannot supply a job • ....29_/ War workers were more mnture, on the average, than the 1940 census showcd the Puerto Rican males in the lnbór force to be. (Table XVI) TABLE XVI Age Distribution of War Workers and Puerto Rican Males in Labor Force Age ___ 15 20 25 30 35 45 Source:
-
...
,_
19 24 29 34
4}¡,
- 54
B
P. R. lV:ales in 18,_bor Force
1 13 23 36 23 4
12 20 15 11 19 13
A
o
10 26 32 30 2
�¼5 of the United Stutes, 1940
