FAMILY LIVING IN FARM HOMES. 33 
TABLE 22.—Relation of church and Sunday school attendance by homemakers and opera- 
tors to average total household expenditures and to proportion thereof devoted to advance- 
ment among 402 farm families, Livingston County, N. Y., for the year ended Septem- 
ber 1, 1921. 
Number of fami- | Average attend- | Total household expenditures per 
lies. ance during year. cost-consumption unit. 
: ee ede as BRS iced 
| Devoted to ad- 
oe : ; ; “ vancement. 
Church attendance. g 2 f 3 gh a 
ot a . = = ; rt =| : (ca 
. n : wv = an ' A 
a 8 = 8 = 5 B <j a a = 
So ME ores | Oo | eel ate | O), fs = 
Dolls .\Dolls .| Dolls.) P.ct.| P.ct.| P.ct. 
MMGNG ses ates e ase eck ese 39 21 GO|. Set sez aes ASO Saye Ol) | dos det oebal. noe 
eetomO times ze. =. 22545 47--+ 29 18 47 5 4 4| 510| 624] 554 | 12.9] 20.7] 15.9 
Hapowo mumess Ves. = 5) 122 28 18 | 46 15 14 14} 578 | 569] 575 | 19.3) 15.6] 17.9 
ar EOPSO pimeses.. 25252: 2f'. 42 13 55 27 26 27| 590] 638] 602 | 19.3 | 20.4] 19.6 
arOLOOMIMES.. 22 5 22" oi 53 10 63 44 41 44) 592] 690} 608 | 20.1 | 23.4] 20.6 
Wvero0 times? £2521 =. 22: 104 27 \\ry AST 52 | 82 52 | 601 | 605| 602] 18.2|18.8| 18.4 
ROU eee saves Mt eLO eee 402 cto aedteal cheese te) atte ats oo oo ac fe ae pee cee 
ANSYGIPS QO SERA RE Sen oe = eS crece| Seas 32 23 30 572) 608 | 582 | 17.6 | 18.0] 17.7 
The figures in Tables 21 and 22 do not indicate any significant 
relation between contributions to church organizations or church 
attendance and the standard of living as measured either by total 
expenditures or by expenditures for advancement. As would be 
expected, the amount of the contributions runs more nearly parallel 
to the figures for advancement, of which it forms a part. Church 
attendance also seems to bear a more regular relation to expendi- 
tures for advancement than to those for all purposes. 
SUMMARY. 
The study reported in this bulletin is the first of a series to be made 
in different sections of the United States, and a primary purpose was 
to develop a method for obtaining statistical data indicative not 
merely of the cost but also of the quality of family living. 
An area in Livingston County, N. Y., was chosen because it is 
considered typical of moderately successful general farming and 
because an earlier farm-management study gave the business condi- 
tions of the farms. 
Data gathered from 402 farm families show the cost or value of the 
principal goods consumed during the 12 months ending September 
1, 1921, the kinds and quantities of food materials and clothing 
used, the value of house and house furnishings, the prevalence of 
certain facilities affecting the comfort and convenience of the house, 
the education of the members, and certain other points commonly 
considered indicative of the standard of living. 
Goods and expenditures were classified under the main headings 
of food, clothing, housing, furnishings and equipment, operation, 
maintenance of ale: advancement (including education, recrea- 
tion, and social contact), personal, and savings. 
Materials furnished by the farm, gifts of clothing, and unpaid 
labor were valued at prices they would have received elsewhere and 
included among expenditures. 
