Table 1.

Characteristics of the matched sample and Saint Paul children in 1920

Characteristic	Proportion of sample	Saint Paul children < 7
Resident in MN in 1920	0.97	N/A
Head of household’s nativity
Born in MN	0.39	0.37
Born in USA	0.21	0.18
Born abroad	0.40	0.45
Head of household’s occupation
Professional, manager, owner	0.21	0.18
Clerical, sales, service	0.17	0.20
Trades, craftsmen, operatives	0.45	0.48
Laborers	0.11	0.11
No occupation/out of labor force	0.06	0.04
Owned house	0.49	0.49
Ward of city
1	0.13	0.12
2	0.08	0.11
3	0.01	0.01
4	0.01	0.01
5	0.11	0.11
6	0.11	0.11
7	0.08	0.08
8	0.13	0.13
9	0.08	0.07
10	0.10	0.08
11	0.05	0.11
12	0.12	0.07