TABLE 1.
Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Occupation.
=====================+==========+==========+==========+=============== |Waitresses| Cooks | Helpers | Total | | | | at each age Age +---+------+---+------+---+------+--------+------ |No.| Per |No.| Per |No.| Per | No. | Per | | Cent | | Cent | | Cent | | Cent ---------------------+---+------+---+------+---+------+--------+------ 14 and under 16 years| 2| .3 |...| ... |...| ... | 2 | .2 16 and under 21 years| 77| 15.0 | 38| 21.0 |130| 48.0 | 245 | 25.0 21 and under 30 years|288| 55.0 | 54| 29.4 | 87| 32.0 | 429 | 44.0 30 and under 40 years|127| 24.0 | 46| 25.1 | 35| 13.0 | 208 | 21.2 40 and under 50 years| 25| 4.7 | 37| 20.2 | 15| 5.3 | 77 | 8.0 50 and under 60 years| 4| 1.0 | 8| 4.3 | 3| 1.0 | 15 | 1.4 60 years and over |...| ... |...| ... | 2| .7 | 2 | .2 ---------------------+---+------+---+------+---+------+--------+------ Total |523|100.00|183|100.00|272|100.00| 978|100.00 ---------------------+---+------+---+------+---+------+--------+------
TABLE 2.
Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Nationality.
=================+=======+=======+=======+=======+ |14 and |16 and |21 and |30 and | Nationality | under | under | under | under | |16 y’rs|21 y’rs|30 y’rs|40 y’rs| -----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ American | ... | 48 | 156 | 81 | Austro-Hungarian | 1 | 155 | 137 | 55 | Danish | ... | ... | 4 | ... | Dutch | ... | ... | ... | ... | Eng. and Canadian| ... | ... | 16 | 12 | French | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | German | 1 | 6 | 36 | 20 | Greek | ... | 1 | ... | ... | Irish | ... | 3 | 27 | 22 | Italian | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | Polish | ... | 8 | 9 | 3 | Russian | ... | 19 | 14 | 1 | Scandinavian | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | Scotch | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | Swiss | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | West Indian | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | -----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ Total | 2 | 242 | 411 | 206 | -----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
=================+=======+=======+=======+=========== |40 and |50 and |60 y’rs| Total Nationality | under | under | and | in each |50 y’rs|60 y’rs| over |Nationality -----------------+-------+-------+-------+----------- American | 26 | 3 | ... | 314 Austro-Hungarian | 18 | 4 | ... | 370 Danish | 1 | ... | ... | 5 Dutch | 2 | ... | ... | 2 Eng. and Canadian| 1 | 2 | ... | 31 French | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 German | 12 | 1 | ... | 76 Greek | ... | ... | ... | 1 Irish | 11 | 3 | 2 | 68 Italian | ... | ... | ... | 5 Polish | ... | ... | ... | 20 Russian | 2 | 1 | ... | 37 Scandinavian | 1 | ... | ... | 11 Scotch | ... | ... | ... | 2 Swiss | ... | ... | ... | 2 West Indian | ... | ... | ... | 5 -----------------+-------+-------+-------+----------- Total | 76 | 15 | 2 | 954 -----------------+-------+-------+-------+-----------
TABLE 3.
Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Conjugal Condition.
=====================+======+=======+=======+=========+=========== | | | |Separated| Total Age |Single|Married|Widowed| or |at each age | | | |Divorced | ---------------------+------+-------+-------+---------+----------- 14 and under 16 years| 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 16 and under 21 years| 226 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 241 21 and under 30 years| 235 | 153 | 19 | 12 | 419 30 and under 40 years| 42 | 97 | 53 | 14 | 206 40 and under 50 years| 8 | 40 | 26 | 3 | 77 50 and under 60 years| ... | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 60 years and over | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 ---------------------+------+-------+-------+---------+----------- Total | 514 | 306 | 110 | 32 | 962 ---------------------+------+-------+-------+---------+-----------
TABLE 4.
Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Living Condition.
=====================+============================================+===== | Living with |Total +------+---------+-------+--------+----------+ at Age |Family|Relatives|Friends|Furnis’d|Proprietor|each | | | | Room | |age ---------------------+------+---------+-------+--------+----------+----- 14 and under 16 years| 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 16 and under 21 years| 82 | 78 | 59 | 18 | 6 | 243 21 and under 30 years| 198 | 74 | 62 | 64 | 16 | 414 30 and under 40 years| 92 | 37 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 199 40 and under 50 years| 45 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 75 50 and under 60 years| 11 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 14 60 years and over | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 ---------------------+------+---------+-------+--------+----------+----- Total | 429 | 196 | 149 | 139 | 36 | 949 | | | | | | ---------------------+------+---------+-------+--------+----------+-----
TABLE 5.
Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Weekly Hours of Labor.
======================+=======+=======+=======+=======+ Weekly Hours of Labor |14 and |16 and |21 and |30 and | | under | under | under | under | |16 y’rs|21 y’rs|30 y’rs|40 y’rs| | | | | | ----------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ 54 hours and under | 2 | 77 | 193 | 109 | 55 and under 65 hours | ... | 67 | 85 | 22 | 65 and under 75 hours | ... | 47 | 76 | 32 | 75 and under 85 hours | ... | 41 | 58 | 34 | 85 and under 95 hours | ... | 5 | 14 | 10 | 95 and under 105 hours| ... | 5 | 3 | ... | 105 hours and over | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ----------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ Total | 2 | 245 | 429 | 208 | ----------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
======================+=======+=======+=======+======== Weekly Hours of Labor |40 and |50 and |60 y’rs| Total | under | under | and |in each |50 y’rs|60 y’rs| over | hour | | | | group ----------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------- 54 hours and under | 27 | 6 | 1 | 415 55 and under 65 hours | 12 | 3 | ... | 189 65 and under 75 hours | 15 | 1 | ... | 171 75 and under 85 hours | 14 | 4 | 1 | 152 85 and under 95 hours | 5 | ... | ... | 34 95 and under 105 hours| 2 | 1 | ... | 11 105 hours and over | 2 | ... | ... | 6 ----------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------- Total | 77 | 15 | 2 | 978 ----------------------+-------+-------+-------+--------
TABLE 6.
Weekly Hours of Labor of Women Employed in Restaurants by Occupation.
=====================+===========+===========+===========+============= |Waitresses | Cooks | Helpers |Total in each | | | | hour group Weekly Hours of Labor+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------- | No. |Per | No. |Per | No. |Per | No. | Per | |Cent | |Cent | |Cent | | Cent ---------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------- Under 15 hours | 6 | 1.0 | ... | ... | 1 | .3| 7 | .7 15 and under 25 h’rs | 75 | 14.0| 1 | .5| 7 | 2.4| 83 | 8.1 25 and under 35 h’rs | 89 | 16.2| 1 | .5| 22 | 7.5| 112 | 11.0 35 and under 45 h’rs | 45 | 8.2| 7 | 4.0| 13 | 4.5| 65 | 6.3 45 and under 55 h’rs | 100 | 18.2| 17 | 9.0| 42 | 15.0| 159 | 16.0 55 and under 65 h’rs | 78 | 14.2| 34 | 18.0| 85 | 30.1| 197 | 19.3 65 and under 75 h’rs | 68 | 12.4| 51 | 27.0| 64 | 23.0| 183 | 18.0 75 and under 85 h’rs | 73 | 13.3| 49 | 26.0| 36 | 13.0| 158 | 15.5 85 and under 95 h’rs | 11 | 2.0| 15 | 8.0| 9 | 3.1| 35 | 3.4 95 and under 105 h’rs| 2 | .3| 7 | 4.0| 3 | 1.1| 12 | 1.1 105 hours and over | 1 | .2| 5 | 3.0| ... | ... | 6 | .6 ---------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------- Total | 548 |100.0| 187 |100.0| 282 |100.0|1017 | 100.0 ---------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------
TABLE 7.
Weekly Hours of Labor of Women Employed in Restaurants by Nationality.
=================+=======+=======+=======+=======+ |54 h’rs|55 and |65 and |75 and | Nationality | and | under | under | under | | under |65 h’rs|75 h’rs|85 h’rs| -----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ American | 190 | 45 | 38 | 41 | Austro-Hungarian | 83 | 88 | 97 | 81 | Danish | 5 | ... | ... | ... | Dutch | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | Eng. and Canadian| 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | French | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | German | 36 | 14 | 15 | 9 | Greek | 1 | ... | ... | ... | Irish | 44 | 5 | 7 | 12 | Italian | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Polish | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | Russian | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | Scandinavian | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | Scotch | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | Swiss | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | West Indian | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | -----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ Total | 414 | 184 | 171 | 153 | -----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
=================+=======+=======+=======+=========== |85 and |95 and |105 h’s| Total in Nationality | under | under | and | each |95 h’rs|105 h’s| over |nationality -----------------+-------+-------+-------+----------- American | 4 | 2 | ... | 320 Austro-Hungarian | 18 | 6 | 6 | 379 Danish | ... | ... | ... | 5 Dutch | ... | ... | ... | 2 Eng. and Canadian| 2 | 1 | ... | 33 French | ... | ... | ... | 5 German | 2 | ... | ... | 76 Greek | ... | ... | ... | 1 Irish | 1 | 1 | ... | 70 Italian | ... | ... | ... | 6 Polish | 3 | ... | ... | 20 Russian | 3 | ... | ... | 37 Scandinavian | ... | 2 | ... | 11 Scotch | ... | ... | ... | 2 Swiss | ... | ... | ... | 2 West Indian | 1 | ... | ... | 5 -----------------+-------+-------+-------+----------- Total | 34 | 12 | 6 | 974 -----------------+-------+-------+-------+-----------
TABLE 8.
Weekly Wages of Women Employed in Restaurants by Occupation.
===============+===========+===========+===========+=============== |Waitresses | Cooks | Helpers |Total in each | | | | wage group Weekly Wage +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+------- | No. |Per | No. |Per | No. |Per | No. | Per | |Cent | |Cent | |Cent | | Cent ---------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+------- Under $1 | 1 | .1| ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | .1 $1 and under $2| 1 | .1| ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | .1 2 and under 3| 10 | 1.8| ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 1.0 3 and under 4| 74 | 14.0| 1 | .5| 21 | 7.6| 96 | 10.0 4 and under 5| 107 | 20.2| 4 | 2.1| 19 | 7.0| 130 | 13.2 5 and under 6| 119 | 23.0| 11 | 6.0| 51 | 18.5| 181 | 18.3 6 and under 7| 107 | 20.2| 15 | 8.1| 119 | 43.4| 241 | 25.0 7 and under 8| 65 | 12.2| 35 | 19.0| 52 | 19.0| 152 | 15.3 8 and under 9| 26 | 5.0| 36 | 20.0| 7 | 2.5| 69 | 6.0 9 and under 10| 8 | 1.5| 22 | 12.0| ... | ... | 30 | 3.0 10 and over | 10 | 1.9| 60 | 32.3| 5 | 2.0| 75 | 8.0 ---------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+------- Total | 528 |100.0| 184 |100.0| 274 |100.0|986| 100.0 ---------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------
TABLE 9.
Weekly Income of Women Employed in Restaurants by Occupation.
===============+==========+=====+=======+======== Weekly Income |Waitresses|Cooks|Helpers| Total ---------------+----------+-----+-------+-------- Under $1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 $1 and under $2| 2 | ... | ... | 2 2 and under 3| 2 | ... | ... | 2 3 and under 4| 16 | 1 | 21 | 38 4 and under 5| 24 | 4 | 19 | 47 5 and under 6| 47 | 11 | 51 | 109 6 and under 7| 51 | 15 | 119 | 185 7 and under 8| 61 | 35 | 52 | 148 8 and under 9| 59 | 36 | 7 | 102 9 and under 10| 60 | 22 | ... | 82 10 and under 15| 129 | 51 | 5 | 185 15 and under 25| 73 | 9 | ... | 82 25 and over | 7 | ... | ... | 7 ---------------+----------+-----+-------+-------- Total | 533 | 184 | 274 | 991 ---------------+----------+-----+-------+--------
TABLE 10.
Wages of Women employed in Restaurants Showing Length of Time Idle during Preceding Year by Reason of Slack Season, Change of Work, Vacation with or Without Pay, Illness or Other Causes.
================+=========+=======+=========+=========+=========+ | No time | Under | 2 weeks | 1 month |2 months | Weekly Wage | idle |2 weeks|and under|and under|and under| | | |1 month |2 months |3 months | ----------------+---------+-------+---------+---------+---------+ Under $2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | $2 and under $3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 and under 4 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 and under 5 | 34 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 5 and under 6 | 45 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 and under 7 | 76 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 7 and under 8 | 52 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 and under 9 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 and under 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 and over | 36 | 6 | 8 | 5 | ... | ----------------+---------+-------+---------+---------+---------+ Total | 310 | 96 | 97 | 57 | 47 | ----------------+---------+-------+---------+---------+---------+
================+=========+=========+=========+========+========= |3 months |4 months |5 months |6 months|Total in Weekly Wage |and under|and under|and under|and over|each wage |4 months |5 months |6 months | | group ----------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+--------- Under $2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 $2 and under $3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 3 and under 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 75 4 and under 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 84 5 and under 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 106 6 and under 7 | 9 | ... | 6 | 5 | 174 7 and under 8 | 4 | 1 | ... | 7 | 114 8 and under 9 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 49 9 and under 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 24 10 and over | 3 | 1 | ... | 6 | 65 ----------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+--------- Total | 35 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 699 ----------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+---------
TABLE 11.
Weekly Wage of Women Employed in Restaurants by Nationality.
====================+=====+======+======+======+======+======+======+ |Under|$1 and|$2 and|$3 and|$4 and|$5 and|$6 and| Nationality | $1 |under |under |under |under |under |under | | | $2 | $3 | $4 | $5 | $6 | $7 | --------------------+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+ American | 1 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 49 | 78 | 54 | Austro-Hungarian | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 24 | 40 | 115 | Danish | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | Dutch | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | English and Canadian| ... | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | French | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | German | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 14 | 10 | 13 | Greek | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Irish | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 18 | Italian | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | Polish | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 6 | Russian | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | Scandinavian | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Scotch | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | Swiss | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | West Indian | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | --------------------+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+ Total | 1 | 1 | 8 | 93 | 124 | 169 | 234 | --------------------+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+
====================+======+======+======+=======+=========== |$7 and|$8 and|$9 and|$10 and| Total Nationality |under |under |under | over | in each | $8 | $9 | $10 | |Nationality --------------------+------+------+------+-------+----------- American | 35 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 307 Austro-Hungarian | 70 | 34 | 20 | 47 | 372 Danish | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 Dutch | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 English and Canadian| 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 32 French | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 German | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 74 Greek | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 Irish | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | 69 Italian | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 Polish | 9 | ... | 1 | ... | 20 Russian | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 37 Scandinavian | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 Scotch | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 Swiss | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 West Indian | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 --------------------+------+------+------+-------+----------- Total | 150 | 65 | 30 | 74 | 949 --------------------+------+------+------+-------+-----------
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