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TABLE 12.--Number of children who have left home by type of household and by
 race and sex, 730 rural households, North and West Florida, 1956


 : Number : White Nonwhite
 Household : of :: : Total
 type : households :
 : Sons : Daughters : Sons : Daughters


 : Number Number Number Number Number Number

Farms:
 Residential : 91 64 81 53 34 232
 Part-time : 63 36 35 29 27 127
 Commercial : 214 161 164 56 58 439

All farms : 368 261 280 138 119 798

Nonfarms 362 224 245 154 181 804

 Total 730 485 525 292 300 1,602



however, are larger than white households in terms of average number of off-

spring, in a ratio of 1.3 nonwhite to 1.0 white members. Offspring 14 years

of age and older (including those away from as well as at home) were found in

the average household in a ratio of 1.2 in nonwhite households to 1.0 in

white households. The proportions of offspring 14 years of age and older who

had left home were comparable; 77.5 percent for the white households and 78.1

for the nonwhite households.

 The proportion of available male offspring 14 years of age and older

 who had left home was higher in nonwhite households than among the white

 households. The reverse was true with regard to female offspring who had left

 home. In each instance, relatively more offspring had left home in the non-

 white households.

 Relative to a measure of household size which included those away

 as well as at home, the departure of offspring had been greatest from nonwhite

 commercial farms followed by white nonfarm units. Similarly, departures tended