CYCLICAL FLUCTUATIONS IN MIGRATION 143
with 1920 for male emigrants, and does not decline so much after
restriction becomes effective. The 1918 spurt is largely due to the
inclusion in the number of nonemigrants of thousands of Chinese in
transit across the United States for work behind the battle lines in
France.
CHART 28
ReraTivE FrucruarioNns iN NUMBER oF EMIGRANTS AND Non-
EMIGRANTS, CLASSIFIED BY SEX: 1908-1924.
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rors. cnn ET
MALE EMIGRANTS SCALES OF
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
200
160
120
80 —{ Decrease
FEMALE EMIGRANTS g 9
TOTAL WOM-EHIGRINTS: o |
MALE NON-EHIGRANTS A A
4
Increase | ,
60
FEMALE NON EHIGRANTS
Poel 03 oe 13] A [8 Te 17 B12 [202i [22 25]
YEARS ENDING JUNE 30™
sNumerical data in Table 38.
For a more complete discussion of the method of constructing the above chart, see
footnote (b) to Chart 27.
The fluctuations in the number of emigrant and nonemigrant
females, respectively, are also not markedly dissimilar, except that
when immigration restriction became effective the accompanying
decline in departures was more pronounced in the emigrant curve.