Excerpt from Comparative Chart Showing Length of Time Families Have Lived in Los Angeles: See Chart United States, 2 California
Among the 853 Mexicans, there were 212 employed or 23.6%; among the 495 Italians, there were 132 employed or 26.6%; and among the 300 representatives of the other nationalities there were 72 employed or 23.3%. Employment was frequently irregular. There were few skilled laborers as shown by the following table:
The average wage of the Mexican worker was $10.35 per week; the Italians$12.35, and the others $13.60.
In the Mexican family the average number of children per family was three; in the Italian family, three; and among the others there were two children per family. When we consider the size of the family and the wages, we are appalled at the small sum on which these people exist. Occasionally roomers or boarders were secured to help supplement the family income, but with large families and small houses this procedure was not always possible or desirable.
The average rent paid by the Mexican family was $6.36 per month; the Italian,$9.82; and the others$11.00. Ownership of homes by the occupant was found in only 19 cases, four of which were by Italians and the remaining fifteen among the other nationalities.
The Bureau of Labor for the State of Washington in a report under date of April, 1916, states that the average family of five needed for food and fuel alone $460.20 per year, or $7.67 per month for each member of the family. In the district investigated it was not possible to find the amount paid for food and fuel, but the income of each individual was determined and used in comparison with the above figures.
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