Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 / Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914

by Samuel Joseph

TABLE LXV

SEX OF ILLITERATES OF PEOPLES FROM EASTERN EUROPE, 1908[1][ToT]

Race	Number illiterates 14 years and over		Per cent.
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Jewish	9455	13762	21.9	40.4
Lithuanian	4215	2897	53.4	63.4
Polish	14573	8813	36.7	42.9
Russian	5820	828	40.1	50.8
Ruthenian	4203	1836	49.6	57.4
[1] From Report of New York State Commission on Immigration, 1908, p. 171.