Working-class
budgets: breakdown of
expenditures |
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1922 |
1927 |
1933 |
1937 |
1942 |
1946 |
1952 |
Food |
46 |
43.8 |
59 |
55.3 |
59.1 |
61.7 |
44.6 |
Housing |
1.7 |
6.9 |
4.7 |
4.2 |
2.2 |
2 |
4 |
Heating, lighting materials |
12.2 |
6.2 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
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Alcohol |
0.4 |
2.8 |
2 |
2.6 |
1.7 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
Tobacco |
1.2 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
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Clothing |
24 |
21.7 |
11.2 |
14.9 |
7.3 |
14 |
17.9 |
Furnishings, household goods |
1.1 |
3.3 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
Hygiene, cosmetics |
0.8 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
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Medicine |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
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Culture, education |
1.2 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
1 |
1.8 |
Political expenses (dues) |
2.9 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
1 |
3 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
Material aid to absent family |
0.4 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
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Expenditures on garden/farm |
1.9 |
1.4 |
1 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
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Vacations, spas |
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0.3 |
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2.2 |
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* in 1946,
education, culture, hygiene, and cosmetics were all lumped together. |
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