29 BULLETIN 1214, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
RENT. 
In analyzing the expenditures for rent, the families were reduced 
to a common adult basis by using figures tentatively suggested by 
Bowley." These count a boy over 18 and a gitl over 16 years of age 
as equivalent to one adult, a boy between 14 and 18 years and a girl 
between 14 and 16 as three-fourths adult, a child between 5 and 14 
years as one-half adult, and a child under 5 years as one-fourth adult. 
Hired men and others who were members of the household for only 
part of the year were weighted according to the length of time they 
were housed; for example, a man living with the family for six months — 
| was counted as one-half adult. 
The schedules were first sorted according to the number of children 
per family, but this grouping showed little or no rise in the cost of 
rent as the number of children increased. The schedules were there- 
fore resorted according to the size of the household. On this basis, it” 
appeared that the cost of rent was increased about 0.5 of 1 point by 
| each adult other than operator and home maker. When the ages of 
| the children were considered, it appeared that the increase in the cost 
of rent was about twice as great for those over 15 as for those between — 
6 and 15 years, and that no increase was caused by children under 6 — 
years. Another fact to be remembered in devising a scale for cost — 
consumption in rent is that the number of bedrooms required is in-— 
fluenced by the sex of the individuals of different ages. The following 
scale attempts to make allowance for all these points and was used — 
in determining the household-size index for rent: 
PUBGrAUOl 0.5 teen ns eee 2 ae we ea eee ee 1.0 
Home maker: | olor eld.ni bos: ocegt ataldetedqmeatsroe 1.0 
First male.d5 years Ol 26 Or OVeEr be nab vets a5 anamaht oda on eee 
Pret semale” 15 years Of age OF Olle. 4. =< 4. te-se> nd ea ae eee My 
Second male to wear ol Age Or OVEl--. 4h o- . eee tee ones 0 
Second female, 15 years of age or over..-.....-..---------- Beate 0 
Third ‘male; 15 years of. age of OVE; <k« - 2c ebhi2's G3 ese Lee cem, Aq? 
‘Third female, 15, years otage oF OVER re: sé a 09, + oxen hn oh piace Zr 
Fourth male, 15 years or ageior over...) . =. - a<- adobe tienes 0 
Hoeurth female, ib years or age or overs...» 257-2. sess 2 ae Soe ee 0 
Firstiboyy/6 to'24 years pPane. 01 (b AUIS LO}. oi. Wie er8e sae 
Furst girl, .6 to 14 year ohagel. aes.) .d9u2 ons discs ea geek an 
Becord bow. 6, fii) € years, OF Ble io. ad ord cede ce oe eee ae 0 
Second Pirl, 6 LO 14 yerrsat GPC) ote Aen fa eA ea eee 0 
Third boy, G-10' 14 yeots OF age... 2 .tee . Seeley gene ce eeee tee he 
Third ‘eird, Gio 44 ‘yeard.ofigpel Ik cif) S21 Ake AUB 
Fourth Hey, 640.14 years of-age. 4% 2h isk Jas- alae Fe ieshe s 0 
HOUrLG Siri, 6 fo 14. wears of 20M 1 cetyl mci ap me tee trots taba e te 0 
AAD UNGCH G Yea OF ave... 2-5-5. et Oe oe ec - See oe eee Pee 0 
FUEL. 
On studying the expenditures for fuel it was found that age and sex 
made no perceptible difference in this item, and that each person in 
addition to operator and home maker increased the expenditure about 
5 per cent of the joint cost for those two. The following scale was — 
therefore adopted: 
Opematiriscek siceD. daodl . 50196 Stool are. See sl, Se. gees. We 1.0 
Homp makers. secs. ul i . eee ee Bee ee tee 1.0 
Mach other. Parson. «64544 ~ 2ce ons sas nnpeing phioigd enh ity Reg ees Shares oe ual 
41 The Nature and Purpose of the Measurement of Social Phenomena. A. L. Bowley. P.120. 1915. 
