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Table 20. — Welfare caseload at Shonto in 1955 



exclusively on credit; not more than 1 percent of all welfare income 

 in the community is received in cash over the year (see table 16). 

 Families fear that if they do not spend the total amount of their check 

 each month they are likely to receive a reduction in grant. 



StTMMARY AND INTEEPBETATION OF INCOME FIGTJEES 



As indicated in table 22, the mean income of all Shonto households 

 in 1955 was $1,656, and the median was $1,406. Mean and median 

 incomes per residence group were $4,357 and $4,083 respectively. 



Table 21. — Summary of Shonto Community income, 1955 



I. BY SOURCES 



Source of Income 



Income 



Percentage 



of all 



income 



Local: 



1. Wool sales.. 



2. Lamb sales 



3. Home consumption, livestock 



4. Home consumption, agriculture 



6. Crafts 



6. Miscellaneous native enterprise. 



7. Local payrolls 



All local 



Railroad: 



8. Wages.. 



9. Unemployment compensation 



All railroad. 



Miscellaneous nonlocal: 



10. Nonrailroad wages 



11. other outside income 



All miscellaneous 



Welfare: 



12. Welfare (all) 



Total community income, 1955 



II. BY ACTIVITIES 



$6, 171 

 6,280 



14, 639 

 2,120 

 2,685 

 4,625 



20,324 



3.7 

 3.8 

 8.8 

 1.3 

 1.6 

 2.7 

 12.3 



165, 551 



100.0 



