RELATION BETWEEN PAY AND STANDARD OF LIVING 
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Table 5. — Relation of distribution of average expenditure* among the different 
groups of articles and proportion of total family living furnished by the farm 
to the amount of total expenditures for year ended December 31, 1919; 861 
farm families of selected localities of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas 
Number of families. 
Average size of household (persons) . 
Average size of family (persons) 
Average ages: 
Husband (years) 
Wives (years) 
Sons (years) 
Daughters (years) 
Average of total expenditures, dollars. . 
Proportion of total for food — 
Clothing _ 
Rent 
Furniture and furnishings. 
Operating expense 
Maintenance of health 
Advancement 
Personal 
Insurance— life and health. 
Unclassified. 
Total expenditure groups— families spending- 
Below 
$300 
$300 to 
$599 
2.9 
2.9 
50.0 
448 
12.8 
21.3 
45.4 
39.8 
Percent Percent 
61.0 
12.2 
9.0 
1.1 
10.0 
2.9 
1.7 
2.1 
57.0 
16.0 
8.7 
.6 
9.0 
3.3 
2.7 
1.7 
1.0 
Total. 
100.0 
100.0 
$600 to 
$899 
$900 to 
$1,199 
128 
191 
$1,200 to 
$1,499 
$1,500 to 
$1,799 
104 
4.2 
4.2 
4.2 
4.1 
40.9 
36.5 
9.3 
9.4 
42.8 
38.0 
10.7 
9.9 
4.9 
4.7 
43.1 
39.0 
9.9 
10.1 
760. 
1, 048. 9 1, 346. 9 
Per cent 
53.2 
17.2 
9.8. 
1.4 
9.0 
3.7 
2.9 
1.3 
1.5 
Per cent 
50.0 
17.0 
10.4 
1.6 
10.2 
3.5 
4.2 
1.3 
1.7 
.1 
Per cent 
46.5 
17.9 
8.9 
1.5 
12.2 
4.3 
4.7 
1.3 
2.5 
.2 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
Proportion of living furnished. . 
Proportion of living purchased. 
58.3 
41.7 
50.1 
49.9 
43.7 
56.3 
42.7 
57.3 
39.1 
60.9 
5.1 
5.0 
44.2 
40.4 
12.0 
11.4 
1, 643. 6 
Per cent 
45.1 
17.3 
9.2 
1.8 
12.4 
4.3 
4.7 
1.0 
3.8 
.4 
100.0 
36.9 
63.1 
Total. 
100.0 
100.0 i 
100.0 i 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
Size of house (average number of rooms) . . 
Inventory value of furniture, dollars 
2.7 
109. 2 
3.8 | 
196.5 1 
4.4 1 
270.7 
4.9 
367.7 
5.3 
455.6 
5.7 
5348 
Total expenditure groups— families spending— 
$1,800 to 
$2,099 
$2,100 to $2,400 to $2,700 to $3,000 
$2,399 $2,699 j $2,999 j and over 
All 
families 
Number of families. 
Average size of household (persons) . 
Average size of family (persons) 
Average ages: 
Husband (years) 
Wives (years) 
Sons (years) 
Daughters (years) 
Average of total expenditures, dollars. 
Proportion of total for food 
Clothing... 
Rent 
Furniture and furnishings. 
Operating expense 
Maintenance of health 
A dvancement 
Personal 
Insurance — life and health. 
U nclassified 
Total. 
Proportion of living furnished. . 
Proportion of living purchased. 
Total 
34 
38 
861 
5.4 
5.3 
47.7 
43.7 
13.8 
12.3 
1.927.3 
Per cent 
43.3 
19.5 
9.4 
2.0 
13.9 
3.2 
4.9 
1.3 
2.4 
.1 
100.0 
6.3 
6.1 
6.3 
6.0 
5.9 
5.9 
47.2 
42.2 
12.6 
12.4 
49.9 
45.0 
14 7 
13.6 
48.6 
47.8 
12.9 
20.1 
2, 230. 9 
2, 529. 9 
2, 863. 6 
5.2 
5.2 
46.5 
43.1 
12.8 
13.5 
3.715. 
Per cent 
41.6 
18.8 
10.4 
2.1 
12.1 
5.3 
5.2 
1.2 
3.1 
.2 
Per cent 
36.6 
18.6 
8.5 
3.4 
13.3 
7.4 
7.6 
1.0 
3.2 
.4 
100. | 100. 
35.5 
64 5 
35. 1 
64. 9 
KHJ. 
100.0 
100.0 
Size of house (average number of rooms) . 
Inventory value of furniture, dollars 
6.0 
584.9 
tt. o I . 2 
15, 1 762. 9 
I 
Pen 
cent 
Per cent 
35.3 
30.3 
15.8 
16.7 
11.0 
11.2 
1.6 
3.4 
13.7 
13.5 
3.7 
8.0 
12.6 
13.3 
1. 1 
.8 
5 2 
2.2 
100.0 
100.0 
34. 1 
65. 9 
100.0 
7.0 
850.0 
29. 2 
70.8 
100.0 
47 
4 6 
44.3 
39.9 
11.4 
11.2 
1. 436. 
Per cent 
44.0 
17.7 
9.7 
2.0 
12.0 
4.7 
5.9 
1.2 
2.6 
.2 
100.0 
37.4 
62.0 
100.0 
:. 8 
1,071.2 
5,3 
469.7 
