REL.rnOX BETWREN RENTS AND INCOMES 



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The first four of these "standard" budgets are by the National 

 Industrial Conference Board, and the others in order b\- the Bureau 

 of Municipal Research (Philadelphia), Professor W. F. Ogburn, 

 and the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 



It has already been mentioned that the per cent spent for rent 

 shows a tendency to decrease with increasing incomes. This trend 

 is confined by data from other sources, as follows: 



TABLE V 

 Per Cent of Income Spent for Rent at Different Income Levels 



Although no data are av'ailable for families above the lower middle 

 class, the relationship may be extended by conjecture into the higher 

 income levels. That this is reasonable is brought out in subsequent 

 pages in comparing distribution curves of rental values and incomes. 



Some interesting conclusions from English experience are given 

 by Sir J. C. Stamp. ^ The rent corresponding to an income of £160 

 averages at least £5 greater in London than outside that city. Among 

 the lower incomes, say up to £1000, the variation or dispersion of the 

 percentages paid for rent becomes less as the amount of the income 

 rises. Owner-occupants live in larger houses than tenants with the 

 same total income. It was not found, as is generally supposed, that 

 professional men pay relati\'ely more for rent than business men. The 

 following table is from the work abo\e mentioned ; 



*J. C. Stamp, "British Incomes and Property," 1916. 



