EXAMINING PATTERNS OF ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO ...

As Figure XI shows, Boarding reaches its peak in 1910, but as also previously stated,
these data are far from being exact because many more households included boarders than
the ones in which one member is indicated as boarding house keeper. Probably many
individuals did not considered themselves as boarding house keepers when they had other
occupations outside the house.
Percent
Besides the fact that the number of workers in Building (Figure XII) is far lower than
what was expected, the trend of the percentages is the strangest. 44 The small number could
be explained by the fact that many of them were working for the mines and are not therefore
included in this group. It could also explain the fact that in 1930 the percentage increases; in
fact given the decline in mining industry, it is possible that many workers had to find an
alternative way to earn their living.
Percent
3.5
44 This may be a consequence of the small sample.
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0
1.7
0.42
2.9
Boarding
Building
1.6 1.2
2.1
1880 1900 1910 1920 1930
Year
Figure XII. Percentages of workers in Building in 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and
1930.
0.9
0.7
0.4
1880 1900 1910 1920 1930
Year
Figure XI. Percentages of workers in Boarding in 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and
1930.
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