RELATION BETWEEN PAY AND STANDARD OF LIVING 
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CLOTHING 
Operator or home maker 1.0 
Other persons : 
Over 24 years 1.4 
10 to 24 vears 1. 7 
15 to 18 years 1. 3 
12 to 14 years 1.0 
6 to 11 years .6 
1 to 5 years .4 
Below 1 year .2 
All hired helpers are excluded. 
BENT 
Operator 1. 
Home maker 1. 
Other persons : 
First male, 15 years of age or 
over . 2 
First female, 15 years of age or 
over .2 
Second male, 15 years of age or 
over . 
Second female, 15 years of age or 
over .0 
Third maK 15 years of age or over_ . 2 
Third female, 15 years of age or 
over . 2 
And so on. 
First boy. 6 to 14 years of age . 1 
First girl. 6 to 14 years of age . 1 
Second boy. 6 to 14 years of age — . 
Second girl. 6 to 14 years of age — . 
Third bov. to 14 years of age . 1 
Third girl, 6 to 14 years of age . 1 
And so on. 
All under 6 years of age . 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS, OPKRATING 
EXPENSES. LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE, 
AND EXPENDITURES FOB GOOD8 VOT BBAD- 
ilt classified — continued 
Other persons, regardless of s^x or 
age. — Continued. 
'Third . 2 
Fourth . 1 
Fifth, sixth, and others .0 
All persons housed are included for fur- 
niture and furnishings and for operating 
expenses only. 
MAINTENANCE OF HEALTH 
Operator or home maker 1. 
Other persons : 
Over 24 vears .4 
6 to 24 years .2 
1 to 5 years .6 
Below 1 year 1. 
All hired helpers are excluded. 
ADVANCEMENT 
Operator or home maker 1. 
Children, male or female : 
Over 24 years . 3 
19 to 24 years .5 
15 to 18 years .3 
6 to 14 years . 1 
Below 6 years .0 
All hired helpers are excluded. 
PERSONAL GOODS 
Operator 1. 
Home maker .4 
Other persons : 
Male 24 years and over 1.0 
Male 15 to 24 years .5 
Male <3 to 14 years .4 
Female 19 years and over .5 
Female 15 to 18 years .3 
Female 6 to 14 years ■__ . 2 
Male or female 5 years or less . 1 
All hired helpers are excluded. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS, OPERATING 
EXPENSES, LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE, 
AND EXPENDITURES FOR GOODS NOT READ- 
ILY CLASSIFIED 
Operator 1. 
Home maker 1.0 
Other persons, regardless of sex or 
age : 
First . 4 
Second . 3 
The relative needs of the different individuals with respect to any 
group of goods used are determined from the information available 
from the records of this study only. In the case of food, nutritive 
value or adequacy of the diet is not taken into account. Personal 
efficiency in buying and preparing food is not considered. Prob- 
ably economy in buying and using goods in larger quantities enters 
into expenditures for food as well as several of the groups of ex- 
penditures, operation goods especially. 
Apparently, sex made too little difference in the expenditure for 
clothing, for advancement, and for the maintenance of health to 
justify a separate scale of units for each sex. With housing, how- 
ever, sex of individuals of the different ages influences the number 
of bedrooms required per household. Neither sex nor age made anv 
difference in the expenditures for furniture and furnishings, for 
operation, for insurance, and for unclassified goods. Both sex and 
age affected the expenditures for goods of a personal nature. 
APPLICATION OF THE COST-CONSUMPTION UNITS 
The application of the household-size index scales to the expendi- 
tures of $ 1.104 for the several groups of goods by a family of this 
study consisting of operator, home maker, two sons. 7 years and :2 
years of age. respectively, and two daughters, 9 years and 3 years 
of age, is shown below : 
