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TABIE 26,-Average months worked on home farm by age classes and race and sex,
 368 farm households, North and West Florida, 1956


 : Individuale reporting
 Age

 : Total : White : Nonwhite : Male : Female


 : Months Morths Months Months Months

14 years 3,3 4.1 2.1 3.2 3.7
15 19 years : 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.4 2.6
20 24 years 3.9 4.2 3.6 5.5 1.6
25 29 years 7.8 7.7 8.0 10.3 1.5
30 34 years 7.8 8.7 6.4 8.8 3.2
35 39 years 7.6 8.2 5.2 8.9 5.5
40 44 years 8.3 9.0 6.5 9.8 4.8
45 49 years 8.7 9.0 7.7 9.8 4.9
50 54 years 10,2 10.6 8.3 11.1 4.2
55 59 years 10.3 10.1 10.9 10.6 9.0
60 64 years 9.5 9.7 8.9 10.8 6.8
65- 69 years 9,2 8.6 9.8 10.4 6.2
70 74 years 9.9 10.1 9.0 10.4 6.0
75 years and over : 9.5 9,6 9.2 10.1 2.0
Not ascertained 6.5 1.0 12.0 12.0 1.0

 All ages : 7.7 8.1 6.7 8.8 4.5


reporting were members

female.


of white households and approximately a third were


 The most frequently reported occupations were jobs at unskilled labor,

and in crafts and services other than household service. Together, these

three occupational groups accounted for almost 63 percent of the nonfarm

workers.

 When divided on the basis of race, the nonwhite population had much

larger proportions than the white population employed as unskilled laborers

and service workers. Approximately 86 percent of the nonwhite workers reported

nonfarm labor and service work compared with 37 percent of the white workers.

Of the total number of individuals reporting occupations in the six categories