The Japanese were a small fraction of the population of California. Washington. and Oregon. The immigration of Japanese was principally between the years 1900 to 1924. then it was stopped by law. Japanese males. who constituted the first immigrants. married late In life because they felt that they had to have a hbeady job before they could send for a bride from Japan. Hence the typical Japanese American family consisted of a father 20 years older than the mother. and the average age of the Nisei. as the Americanborn Japanese were called. at the time of Pearl Harbor was 16. This last statistic is of great importance in accounting for the evacuation and internment.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizations about Japanese family structure and age differences between parents.