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S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
In an attempt to account for the counter influences of the differ- 
ent amounts of schooling of both the operator and the home maker 
all families are grouped into eight classes rather than in three 
according to extent of schooling of the former in conjunction with 
that of the latter and vice A^ersa. Groups recognized in this classifi- 
cation are : 
Both operator and home maker, eighth grade or less. 
Operator, eighth grade or less ; home maker, 9 to 12 grades. 
Operator, eighth grade or less ; home maker, more than 12 grades. 
Home maker, eighth grade or less ; operator, 9 to 12 grades. 
Home maker, eighth grade or less : operator, more than 12 grades. 
Both operator and home maker, 9 to 12 grades. 
Operator, 9 to 12 grades ; home maker, more than 12 grades. 
Home maker, 9 to 12 grades : operator, more than 12 grades. 
Both operator and home maker, more than 12 grades. 
The number of families in each of these groups is shown in 
Table 11, with the average expenditures per family and per cost- 
consumption unit for the several groups. 
Table 11. — Relation of combined grades of schooling of operator and home 
maker to standard of living in the farm home for year ended December ,il, 
191<). in selected localities of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas 
Farms 
operated 
Avorape 
size of 
family 
Living expenses, all 
purposes 
Schooling of operator and home maker 
Per 
family 
• 
Per cost-consump- 
tion unit 
Total 
Devoted 
to ad- 
vance- 
ment 
Both, 8th or less 
Number 
564 
{ » 
i : 
{ ■ 
65 
i " 
| 20 
17 
Persons 
4.9 
4.2 
3.4 
4.2 
5.8 
4.0 
3.7 
4.0 
3.2 
Dollars 
1,336 
1,389 
1,580 
1,426 
1,960 
1,482 
2,071 
Dollars 
435 
516 
628 
503 
584 
560 
771 
Per cent 
4.6 
6.4 
7.0 
7.6 
Operator, 9th to 12th 
15.2 
Operator, more than 12th 
Both, 9th to 12th... 
7.3 
Operator, 9th to 12th 
8.7 
Home maker, 9th to 12th. .. 
1, 990 745 
2, 547 | 1, 051 
7.8 
Operator, more than 12th.. 
Both, more than 12th 
12.6 
All families ,. 
789 1 4.6 
1,418 1 485 
5.5 
The relation between schooling of the operator and the home 
maker to the standard of living (Table 11) is not at all striking. 
A part of the existing relation may be obscured in tenure status 
and in age of the operator and home maker, factors which are not 
accounted for in Table 11. With regard to the three measures of 
living expenses schooling seems to be more closely related to ex- 
penditures per cost-consumption unit than to either expenditures 
per family or to the percentage of expenditures per cost-consump- 
tion unit for advancement. 
Owing to the small number of families in all schooling groups, 
other than the first listed, and to the complexity involved in at- 
