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THE LEVEL AND COST OF LIVING 

 Table 65.- — Consumption of food in S families — Continued 



Table 66.' — Seven-day food intake (1944) of 6 families 

 (in net grams) 



Panajachel," 1 "Panajachel with silk," 1 "San 

 Andres Variation," and 1 "Totonicapan" female 

 costume) . 



Family 49 is most normal or typical socially 

 and representative of the conservative families of 

 the community; family 58 has a foreign and 

 Ladinoized element, representing in that respect 

 many Panajacheleno families; and family 37 is 

 representative of the younger, progressive, and 

 ambitious family that is still otherwise purely 

 Indian in its way of life. Discounting a bit for 

 above-average wealth, the three together appear 

 to add up, roughly, to the Panajachel community. 

 I propose to add them up, make allowances, use 

 what checks are available, and so judge consump- 

 tion in the whole community. 



The population of the three families in 1936 was 

 as follows: 



' From tabulations supplied by Miss Emma Reh, of Instituto de Nutricion 

 de Centro America y Panamft. 



• Numbers In parentheses indicate the number of people who partook of 

 the family food during the week, subtracting fractions for meals missed and 

 adding fractions (or guests. 



The total of 16 represents 1/48.75 of the total 

 population (table 3); the 5 adult men are 1/51, 

 the women 1/54.4, the children 1/36.75, and the 

 infants 1/53 of the totals in their respective classes. 

 The average of the fractions in the four groups is 

 1/48.8; virtually the same as that of the total. 

 The three households represent, of course, but 

 1/52.3 of the 157 in the community, but family 58 



