TABLE VIII
OLD AND NEW IMMIGRATION COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.[3]
(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES)
| Old Immigration. |
| Nationality. | Per cent. |
| Danish | 96.5 |
| Dutch | 86.1 |
| French | 68.6 |
| German | 87.5 |
| Norwegian | 96.9 |
| Swedish | 94.7 |
| Average | 82.2 |
| New Immigration. |
| Bulgarian | 20.3 |
| Croatian | 50.9 |
| Greek | 33.5 |
| South Italian | 48.7 |
| Lithuanian | 51.3 |
| Macedonian | 21.1 |
| Magyar | 46.4 |
| Montenegrin | 38.0 |
| Polish | 43.5 |
|
| Roumanian | 33.3 |
| Ruthenian | 36.8 |
| Russian | 43.6 |
| Servian | 41.2 |
| Slovak | 55.6 |
| Slovenian | 51.7 |
| Syrian | 54.6 |
| Turkish | 22.5 |
| Average | 40.8 |