Infant mortality; results of a field study in Akron, Ohio : based on births in one year . g the selected year. The mortality was highest, 162, for thegroup less than $550 and lowest, , for the group earning $1,250and over. The decrease from group to group is somewhat more regu-lar than in the figures of the selected year. EARNINGS OF FATHER AND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT OF MOTHER. The proportion of mothers gainfully employed during the yearafter the infants birth varies with the earnings of the father. Thelower the fathers earnings the more need there is for the mother tosupplement the family inc
Infant mortality; results of a field study in Akron, Ohio : based on births in one year . g the selected year. The mortality was highest, 162, for thegroup less than $550 and lowest, , for the group earning $1,250and over. The decrease from group to group is somewhat more regu-lar than in the figures of the selected year. EARNINGS OF FATHER AND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT OF MOTHER. The proportion of mothers gainfully employed during the yearafter the infants birth varies with the earnings of the father. Thelower the fathers earnings the more need there is for the mother tosupplement the family income with gainful work. This relationshipis shown in Table XIX, in which the proportion of working mothersdeclines as the yearly earnings of the fathers increase. The per-centage of mothers employed decreased from 51 in the group where AKKON, OHIO. 41 the fathers earnings were under $450 to 14 in the group where thefathers earnings were SI,250 and over. Chart IV.—Percentage of mothers gainfully employed during year following Infants birth, bynativity, according to earnings of $650 $850 $1050 $1250 to to to and $Si^ $10^9 $12149 over Table XIX.—Number and per cent of births to mothers of specified nativity duririg year following infants birth, according to earnings of father. Under $^50 $550 $^50 to to $5^9 $6^9 Earnings of lather. Births to all mothers. Births to native mothers. Births to foreign-bommothers. Total. Gainfully em-ployed. Total. Gainfully em-ployed. Total, Gainfully em-ployed. Num-ber. Percent. Num-ber. Num-ber. All classes 2 322 614 1,402 275 920 339 Under $450 211163 2285815232643071926 108 69 78 133 100 62 44 12 8 51 41 83 ?325 396 224 267 6 9 21 8 19 71 68 47 36 4 1 160 122 145 256 127 40 40 13 17 87(.1 62 32 15 8 8 7 to $549 $ $650 to $849 J850 to $1,049 25 2 $1,050 to $1,249 $1 250 and over No earnings a Not show
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