World survey by the Interchurch World Movement of North America : revised preliminary statement and budget .. . icult for the Protestant churchesto maintain themselves and the percentage oftheir membership declines. (See the chart onmemberships, above.) ON THE FAMILY THE family, the great basic institution ofcivilization, is facing an entirely new situ-ation in the modern city. Home life thereis increasingly difficult to maintain. In 1910in urban communities, 40 per cent, of the males15 years and over were single, and cent, of the females. In the rural popula-tion only per cent, o
World survey by the Interchurch World Movement of North America : revised preliminary statement and budget .. . icult for the Protestant churchesto maintain themselves and the percentage oftheir membership declines. (See the chart onmemberships, above.) ON THE FAMILY THE family, the great basic institution ofcivilization, is facing an entirely new situ-ation in the modern city. Home life thereis increasingly difficult to maintain. In 1910in urban communities, 40 per cent, of the males15 years and over were single, and cent, of the females. In the rural popula-tion only per cent, of the males were single,and per cent, of the females. In 1910 there were in the United States 341,230divorced persons, per cent, of the entirepopulation. In 1887, there were 27,919 divorcesgranted in this country and 72,062 in 1906, anincrease of 61 per cent., while the populationincreased only 30 per cent. We have a largerpercentage of divorced persons in this country PROPORTION OF DIVORCED PERSONSIN THE UNITED STATES IN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIESU. S. Census Abstract, Pago 163,13th Census, 1910. Total number divorced persons In the U. S. 341,230 urban communities 189,607 rural 151,623 than in any other country in the world with thepossible exception of Japan. There were over1,800,000 more married people in the ruraldistricts in 1910 than in the xu-ban areas. 26 The Cities: HOME MISSIONS The transfer of home industries of all kinds,even baking and laundry work, to commericalinstitutions; the crowding of families into tene-ment houses; and the attraction of women intoindustry have changed the status of the familyin the American city. The married woman with children presents adistinct problem in industry. Statistics showthat in various states and industries from 25to 40 per cent, of American women workers,20 years of age and over, are married. Themother who is concerned above all things aboutthe future of her children, and who is forcedinto industry through widowhood o
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