RÉ sie [ie § if =. Î uv 199: 8 — 16 — ‘ited States, 1900-1902 and 1918-1919; Finland, to 28 February 1921; India, May 1921 to April June 1922; Italy, July 1920; Japan, June 1919 erlands, 1923-1924; Russia, first half of 1925; is Switzerland, 1912 and 1921; Czechoslovakia, +’ the enquiries varied. In some cases it covered htry (Argentina, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Fin- Sweden, Switzerland, the United States); in le or more towns (Esthonia: Tallinn, Narva; 4y; Italy: Milan, Rome, Florence, Venice, 1: Osaka ; Netherlands : Amsterdam : Russia : to [i Sv 19 w N x N thé oo on la ot In Ge M. > On ND © À Co qu Es an Be 3, > oy r of household budgets dealt with by these en- considerably, as shown by the following figures: va 11, Tallinn 176; Netherlands, 23 (1910-1911) 1924); Switzerland, 323 (1921); Finland, 437; Argentina, 1,000; Sweden, 1,400 (1923); India, 4,850 (a figure obtained by adding together the 1dgets in each income group); United States, 301) and 12,096 (1918-1919). items of expenditure are usually classified under headings: food, rent, fuel and light, clothing, It will be noted, however, that important diver- à the classification : for instance, alcoholic bever- to, included in Sweden under the heading “food ”, the United States (1900-1902 and 1918-1919 in Esthonia under the heading ‘sundries ”. rent” (housing) covers, in Belgium and Japan for ture, and in Switzerland (1912 enquiry) removal eas in most countries it only covers the rent of an welling; and so on. The differences between the as the basis of comparison should also be noted: the unit is a family of given composition; in nit of power of consumption such as the “quet” 2, ‘Ises the data for the same country or the same ? ious categories of workers, classified by income, a » 11 thé ani ge ag ar en T — oO jd © e e u u in ot] © w [= NN o — e SN cit 0 J > md it study only the enquiries covering Milan and Rome have been used, pint: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE: Methods i Conducting Family 48. Studies and Reports, Series N (Statistics) No. 9. Geneva, 1926, 23 Oo 0 as À > D om [e+] 4 \ 2 Oo «© mo ww