PRESENT TRENDS IN HOME SEWING
7
dren's garments. However, many of the women made garments for
children when there were no children in the family.
As the size of the community increases the percentage of women
making from 1 to 5 kinds of garments for women and for girls over
14 years of age increases. The largest percentages of women making
the most different kinds of garments for women and girls were in
the rural districts and the small towns. The size of the community
seems to have little or no effect on the percentage making from 6 to
10 kinds of garments but causes the greatest variation in the groups
making 1 to 5 kinds.
In the classification by income the percentage of women making
1 to 5 kinds of garments for women and for girls over 14 years old
increases with the income. Approximately half of the women in the
$1,000 to $1,999 and the $2,000 to $2,999 groups made 11 to 15 kinds.
Throughout all the income groups there was least variation in the
percentages making 6 to 10 kinds.
In all groups the percentage of women making children's clothes
decreases as the size of the community increases. Classified by in-
come groups the number answering in most cases is too small to afford
any definite comparisons.
In Table 4 is given the percentage of women having children under
15 years of age and younger who made the children's garments named
in the questionnaire.
Table 4.—Proportion of women making garments for children under 15 years of
age, classified by size of community and by income groups, and based on the number
of families having children under IB years of age

witb
ta
Percentage of women making garments—
2
bo
Number of families
children
Women not answerin
question
Rompers
Cotton dresses
Wool dresses
Cotton suits
Wool suits
Shirts
Coats
3
Night garments
Drawers or bloomers
Petticoats
|
w
53
Per
cent
19.3
Pa.
cent
36.1
Per
Per
Per
Per
cent
21.5
Per
Per
cent
42.0
Per
cent
25.6
Per
Per
Per
Per
cent
53.0
Summary of all reports.
1,008
cent
59.8
cent
48.3
cent
30.5
cent
30.2
cent
68.0
cent
60.5
cent
54.2
Size of community:
Rural
417
13.9
37.6
63.3
54.9
33.8
27.1
38.8
45.6
27.6
74.8
66.2
57.6
58.0
Under 5,000
199
17.1
35.7
64.8
50.8
31.2
19.1
30.2
46.2
27. 1
71.4
03. 3
57.3
50.3
5,000 to 10,000
107
21. 5 35. 5
53.3
39.3
32.7
15.9
27.1
38.3
26.2
59.8
54.2
49.5
46.7
Over 10,000
219
22.8
35.6
58.0
42.5
25.6
18.7
19.6
38.4
23.3
63.9
55. 7
53.0
50.7
Not given
66
45.5
30.3
39.4
33.3
19.7
12.1
15.2
24.2
15.2
40.9
42.4
34.8
28.8
Income:
Under $1,000.
85
242
17.6
14.5
35.3
43.4
5(5. t
65.7
50.6
57.0
30.6
36.8
20.0
24.8
36.5
36.8
41.2
51.2
21.2
29.8
72.9
73.5
61.2
66.1
50.6
61.6
47.1
55.4
$1,000 to $1,999 -
$2,000 to $2,999
189
12.71 43.9
64.0
48.7
40.2
29.6
34.4
44.4
32.8
81.5
66.7
59.3
59.3
$3,000 to $3,999.
102
14.7
42.2
63.7
46. 1
34.3
20.6
23.5
52.9
23.6
66.7
59.8
64.9
51.0
$4,000 to $4,999.
56
28.6
14.3
46.4
28.6
17.9
14.3
19.6
25.0
12.5
60.7
46.4
42.9
46.4
$5,000 or over
75
20.0
36.0
65.3
44.0
18.7
12.0
17.3
29.3
20.0
58.7
61.3
60.0
57.3
259
29.0
26.3
52. 1
45.6
22.0
17.8
27.4
34.7
23.2
56.0
53.7
45.2
49.0
From the summary it will be noted that a larger percentage of
women made night garments than made any other garment. It is
also shown that 42 per cent made coats and 25 per cent made hats
for their children. In this group a much higher percentage (19.3)
of the women than in Table 2 (8.9) failed to answer the question.