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by zephyrfalcon 595 days ago
It's 1912. Most likely they worked in a factory.
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The other 90% of students worked in a factory?

Wouldn't that make them factory workers rather than students though?

30% still working on farms.
How does that statement help in parsing:

    According to the top comment, only about 10% of students attended high school at the time.
Were, say, 95% of all students in primary school with another 5% in university or night school courses?