Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-09
AMERICAN TENDENCIES

A writer who delights in sitting sta I
tistics has waded through the census
reports relating to young men and suc- ,
ceeded in obtaining some very interest ,
ing material. The census report goes /
extensively into the home life and in {
huences of all citizens with a result
ing information that is highly techIi-
cal but most valuable to those who
take the time to study the social and
home tendencies of the Nation. The
age limit placed on the young men 10
from 10 to 50 years and the following
detail is given OF how young America
Is drifting:
Sixty-six per cent of the young men
OF the United States are unmarried,
while "a per cent are married. Tho
average age at which these young men
married was 25 years.
Fifty-fve per cent Of the young men
of the United States live at home, whilo
As per cent are boarding.
Only Is per cent Of the young men
are in business for themselves. while
IS per cent are employed by others.
Twenty-Five per cent Of young men
belong to fraternal orders. or this
number 20 per cent belong to one fra
ternal order. "a per cent belong to two,
per cent belong to three, per cent
belong to four. and per cent belong to
| Ave, OF the men belonging to fraternal
orders. 81 per cent are church MEM
beers. while 80 per cent are not church
members.
Forty per cent Of the men In
| cities of 5000 or over were born in the
| country or in towns of 5000 or less.
| Three out of seven young men in the
country and towns of 5000 or less look
forward to living in the city. OF the
population in towns of 5000 or less, one
in seven is a young man. OF the popn-
lation in cities of $4,000 and over, one
in four is young man.
In the country one ia two young
men go to church regularly; one in
three occasionally and one in fourteen
not at all. In the city one in four
one in seven not at all.
In families where the father and
mother belong to the same church, rs
per cent of the young men are church
members, in families where the IA
ther and mother are church members
but do not belong to the same church
only 50 per cent Of the young men are
church members. In families where
, but one of the parents is a church
member. only 80 per cent Of the young
men are members of churches. Where
| the father and mother are both Cath
: olics, only per cent Of the young men
, are not church members. Where tho
father and mother are both PrOtestantS
! 80 per cent of the young men are moi
e. church members. Where one Of IT.,
a parties Is a Catholic and the other :
Protestant, 66 per cent Of the yOunf
men do not belong to a church. Where
[ the parents are members of Protestant
4 churches. but do not belong to thu
q same church. per cent OF the young
: men of these families are not churcl
1 members. Where one of the parents Il
. a Catholic a per cent Of the young
+ men do not belong to church. Wher
If one of the parents Is a Protestant, .
per cent do not belong to church.
From these figures II appears tina
10 young Americans are largely an EN-
y plOye class, that they stick to the Oh
Is home and wait till they have passe
n youthful limit before making a hom
" of their own. Their aspirations ar
10 strongly toward city life and they wal
10 till they are well along in life befor
II joining fraternal orders.
The figures on church life are high
interesting as showing the influence G
l. parents and the tendency Of city III
~ 10 keep men out of the church. I'll
N young man in the country Is far moE
ne religious than the city resident, prob
IL ably because the country youth ma
H. few counter attractions TO draw hii
ar away from religious association
Az Figures show that unless the fathP
and mother are members of the sam
church and regular church attendant
II. there is small prospect OF the son be
n, coming an active church worker Who
:, the father and mother cannot reach a
: understanding on church affairs, III
Ia boy takes the easiest route and droI
~ religious affairs altogether. There
a a marked difference. however. in tn
n percentages where there is a famiI
~ division between Protestant and Gait
. Ollie and that of parents giving alleg
ance to different branches of the Pro
testant faith. IL would al
20 pear from these figures that the Cath
70 Ollie church has good grounds for Il
VI opposition to marriage outside II
" church. Whatever the beliefs of II
90 parents or their religious enthusiasm
~ the difference in the home is destru