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the evening. Time spent at meals and in reading or other rest during 
the day was excluded before the average was taken in each instance. 
The* average length of the operator's work day for all families 
reporting, 1,875 in number, is 11.3 hours. There is practically no 
difference in the averages for the New England, the North Central, 
and the Southern States. The average length of the home maker's 
work day for all families reporting, 2,183 m number, is 11.4 hours. 
xVs with the operators, there is almost no difference in the averages 
for the home makers of the New England, the North Central, and 
the Southern States. 
RELATION OF LENGTH OF WORK DAY TO VALUE OF GOODS USED 
For both the operator and the home maker all records for which 
the length of work day could be ascertained were classified into nine 
groups starting with 15.5 hours and over per day and dropping by 
one-hour groups to 8.4 hours and less per day. The average value 
of all goods and of the principal groups of goods — food, clothing, 
rent, advancement, and all others — were determined for each of the 
groups as classified. From these averages the percentage distribution 
of the values of all goods among the principal groups was deter- 
mined. Since the results in both cases appeared almost identical, 
only the averages and percentages from the classification by length 
of work day for the home maker are presented in tabular form. 
These averages and percentages are shown in Table 15. 
Table 15. — Relation of length of workday of home maker to value per family of 
goods used during one year and to distribution of this value among principal 
groups of goods. Farm families of selected localities in 11 States, 1922-1924, 
owners, tenants, and hired men 
Fami- 
lies re- 
port- 
ing 
Size 
of 
family 
Average value of— 
Length of work- 
day reported 
All goods usc-d 
Food 
Cloth- 
ing 
Rent 
Ad- 
vance- 
ment 
All 
others 
| Fur- 
Total 1 nished 
by farm 
Pur- 
chased 
All hours 
Num- 
ber 
2,179 
Per- 
sons 
4.4 
$1,589 
$685 
$904 
$664 
$235 
$193 
$105 
$392 
15.5 and over 
15.4-14.5 _ _ 
22 
63 
209 
356 
469 
469 
272 
181 
138 
5.1 
5.1 
4.6 
4.6 
4.5 
4.3 
4.2 
3.8 
3.8 
1, 559 
1,519 
1,471 
1,523 
1,609 
1,600 
1,514 
1,763 
1,796 
636 
692 
659 
666 
709 
694 
645 
726 
697 
923 
827 
812 
857 
900 
906 
869 
1,037 
1,099 
737 
667 
644 
652 
680 
655 
650 
674 
710 
243 
236 
208 
220 
237 
242 
231 
258 
258 
186 
174 
188 
176 
195 
59 
SS 
79 
102 
334 
354 
14.4-13.5 
352 
13.4-12.5 
377 
12.4-11.5 
395 
11.4-10.5 
203 104 
396 
10 4- 9.5 
170 
243 
197 
99 
137 
157 
364 
9.4- 8.5 
451 
8.4 and less __ 
474 
PERCENTAGE DISTHIBUTTOX 
All hours. 
15.5 and ever... 
15.4-14.5 
14.4-13.5.. 
13.4-12.5 
12.4-11.5 
11.4-10.5 
10.4- 9.5 
9.4- 8.5 
8.4 and less^__. 
179 
63 
209 
356 
469 
469 
272 
181 
13S 
P. cf. 
P. cf. 
P.ct. 
P.ct 
P.ct. 
P.ct. 
P.ct. 
4.4 
100.0 
43.1 
56.9 
41.8 
14.8 
12.1 
8.6 
5.1 
100.0 
40.8 
59.2 
47.2 
15.6 
12.0 
3.8 
5.1 
100.0 
45.6 
54.4 
43.9 
15.6 
11.4 
5.S 
4.6 
100.0 
44.8 
55.2 
43.8 
14.2 
12. S 
5.3 
4.6 
100.0 
43.7 
56.3 
42.8 
14.4 
11.6 
6.4 
4.5 
100.0 
44.1 
. 55.9 
42.3 
14.7 
12.1 
6.3 
4.3 
100.0 
43.4 
56. 6 
41.0 
15.1 
12.7 
6.5 
4.2 
100.0 
42.6 
57.4 
43.0 
15. 2 
11.2 
6.5 
3.8 
100.0 
41.2 
53.8 
35. 2 
14.6 
13.8 
7.8 
3.8 
100.0 
38.8 
61.2 
39.5 
14.3 
11. C 
8.8 
P. ct. 
24.7 
21.4 
23.3 
23. 9 
24.8 
24.6 
24.7 
24.1 
25.6 
26.4 
