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MISC. PUBLICATION 4, U. S. DEFT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 8. — Sewing machines owned and atlarhments used by women, classified by 

 size of community and by income groups 



Reports 



Women 



not 

 answiT- 

 iiiK this 

 Question 



Women owning— 



Foot, 

 band, and 

 njotor- 

 Ijowcr 

 sowing 

 niacbiues 



Foot- 



piiwer 



sowing 



machines 



Motor- 

 power 

 cewing 

 machines 



Summary of all reports 



Site of community: 



Rural 



Undur S.OOO 



t.nofl to 10.000 



Over 10,(XX) 



Not given 



Income: 



Under $1,000 



$1,000 to $1,999 



$2,000 to $2,!»99 



$3,000 to $3,999 



$4,000 to $4, 999 



Over $5,000 



Not given.. 



Number 

 1,981 



Per cent 

 l.S 



Per cent 

 89.9 



92.7 

 92.2 

 88.2 

 85.6 

 87. C 



92.0 

 85.2 

 86.9 

 92.7 

 92.7 

 95.3 

 93.1 



Percent 

 75.3 



87.2 

 77.5 

 62.4 

 65.3 

 68.1 



87.4 

 76.1 

 73.3 

 70.1 

 6«. 6 

 66.7 

 8a4 



1.0 

 14.5 

 25.4 

 21.4 

 16.2 



2.0 

 6.8 

 13.2 

 22.0 

 27.9 

 20.8 

 10.1 



Women 



not 

 answer- 

 ing this 

 question 



Women using- 



No 



attach- 

 ments 



All 

 att;ich- 

 nicuts 



Kuffler 



Tucker 



Braider 



Hemmer 



Summary of all reports 



Bite of community: 



Rural 



Under 5,000 



5,000 to 10,000 



Over 10,000 



Not given 



Income: 



Under $1.000 



$1,000 to $i,(i'.iy 



$2,000 to $2,999 



$3,000 to $;j,9'J9 



$4,000 to $1,999 



Over $5,000 



Not given 



Per cent 

 39.8 



Per cent 

 12.8 



Percent 



6.4 



Per cent 

 21.3 



Per cent 

 6.8 



Per cent 

 32.6 



39.6 

 34.9 

 39.0 

 37.6 

 64.4 



36.4 

 3.5.9 

 31.0 

 32.3 

 26.1 

 41.9 

 66.6 



10.4 

 13.8 

 15.2 

 16.0 

 8.7 



9.9 



13.9 

 1.3.9 

 16.9 

 16.2 

 10.5 

 8.3 



6.1 

 6.8 

 6. 1 

 4.3 

 6.8 



2.6 



4.0 

 fi.2 

 1.5 

 11.7 

 2.5 

 7.3 



31.9 

 30.0 

 25.4 

 28.1 

 13.8 



34.4 

 32.7 

 33.5 

 34.3 



28.8 

 29.2 

 10. 6 



19.4 

 26.9 

 17.7 

 23.9 

 7.2 



17.9 

 22.2 

 29.9 

 29.7 

 26.1 

 17.8 

 11.7 



7.6 

 7.5 

 6.1 

 6.3 

 2.9 



0.0 

 8.9 

 9.3 

 6.1 

 6.4 

 8.3 

 3.0 



34.3 

 34.2 

 34.0 

 33.1 

 14.6 



39.1 

 34.2 

 37.9 

 40.4 

 34.2 

 32.4 

 31.8 



Beginninf^ with the group having an income of i?l,000 to $1,999, 

 the perccntHgc owning sewing machines increases with the size of the 

 income. The percentage using motor ])owcr increases steadily with 

 the increase of the income, and the percentage of those using foot- 

 j)(>wer machines decreases with tlie increase in income. 



The question on attachments was not answered hy 26 per cent or 

 more of all income groups. The highest percentages reporting that 

 they used none are found in the three highest hicome groups. The 

 highest percentage reporting use of all attachments is in the $4,000 

 to S4,999 group. However, this group has the least number of 

 women answering, and the result may not, therefore, be conclusive 

 The highest percentage in any group reporting the use of an attach- 

 ment is the 40.4 per cent in the $3,000 to $3,999 group using the 

 hemmer. 



