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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,
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htry (Argentina, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Fin-Sweden,
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le or more towns (Esthonia: Tallinn, Narva;
4y; Italy: Milan, Rome, Florence, Venice,
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r of household budgets dealt with by these enconsiderably,
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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 diverà
 the classification : for instance, alcoholic beverto,
 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
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it study only the enquiries covering Milan and Rome have been used,
pint: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE: Methods i Conducting Family
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