[1] From _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, p. 29. TABLE LX ILLITERACY OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, 1899 TO 1910[1] ---------+-----------------+-----------------------+----------- |Jewish immigrants| Jewish immigrant | Per cent Year | 14 years of age |illiterates[2] 14 years|illiterate | and over | of age and over | ---------+-----------------+-----------------------+----------- 1899 | 28428 | 5637 | 19.5 1900 | 47672 | 10607 | 22.2 1901 | 43367 | 10119 | 23.3 1902 | 42376 | 11921 | 28.1 1903 | 57159 | 14980 | 26.2 1904 | 82707 | 18763 | 22.6 1905 | 101357 | 22770 | 22.4 1906 | 110128 | 29444 | 26.7 1907 | 111486 | 31885 | 28.6 1908 | 77374 | 23217 | 30.3 1909 | 42341 | 12201 | 28.8 1910 | 62391 | 17963 | 28.8 ---------+-----------------+-----------------------+----------- Total | 806786 | 209507 | 26.0 ---------+-----------------+-----------------------+----------- [1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_. [2] Those who could neither read nor write. TABLE LXI SEX OF JEWISH IMMIGRANT ILLITERATES, 1908 TO 1912[1] ---------+---------------------+----------------------------------- | | Jewish immigrant illiterates | Jewish immigrants | 14 years of age and over | 14 years of age |-----------------+----------------- Year | and over | Number | Per cent |----------+----------+--------+--------+--------+-------- | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female ---------+----------+----------+--------+--------+--------+-------- 1908 | 43270 | 34104 | 9455 | 13762 | 21.9 | 40.4 1909 | 23452 | 18889 | 4832 | 7369 | 20.6 | 39.0 1910 | 35272 | 27120 | 7593 | 10370 | 21.5 | 38.2 1911 | 38018 | 31370 | 6453 | 10304 | 16.9 | 32.8 1912 | 32706 | 27799 | 5637 | 9498 | 17.2 | 34.2 ---------+----------+----------+--------+--------+--------+-------- Total | 172718 | 139282 | 33970 | 51303 | 19.7 | 36.8 ---------+----------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------