===================================+===============+=============== | WOMEN | MEN REPORTED BY EMPLOYEES +------+--------+------+-------- |Number|Per cent|Number|Per cent -----------------------------------+------+--------+------+-------- Total number of employees | 2073 | | 472 | Not reported | 898 | | 267 | Not applicable (laundresses, etc.) | 203 | | 50 | Reported and applicable | 972 | | 155 | Vacation granted | 971 | | 153 | Time not specified | 202 | 20.78 | 34 | 21.94 Less than one week | 127 | 13.07 | 42 | 27.10 One week | 150 | 15.43 | 18 | 11.61 More than one week, less than two | 25 | 2.57 | 5 | 3.22 Two weeks | 210 | 21.61 | 33 | 21.29 More than two weeks | 257 | 26.44 | 21 | 13.55 No vacation | 1 | .10 | 2 | 1.29 ===================================+======+========+======+======== TABLE XVIII VACATION GRANTED WITH OR WITHOUT LOSS OF WAGES ===================================+===============+=============== | WOMEN | MEN REPORTED BY EMPLOYEES +------+--------+------+-------- |Number|Per cent|Number|Per cent -----------------------------------+------+--------+------+-------- With loss of wages | 210 | 21.63 | 20 | 13.07 Without loss of wages | 723 | 74.46 | 133 | 86.93 Half wages | 37 | 3.81 | | Cost of board added | 1 | .10 | | +------+--------+------+-------- Total | 971 | | 153 | ===================================+======+========+======+======== A fourth advantage that domestic service has as an occupation is the knowledge it gives of household affairs and the training in them—knowledge of which every woman, whatever her station in life and whether married or unmarried, has at times most pressing need.[248] A fifth consideration is that it offers congenial employment to many whose tastes lie specially in this direction.[249] It is undoubtedly true that many persons in other occupations would honestly prefer housework if some of its present disadvantages could be eliminated.[250]