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100 1 _aNational Industrial Conference Board
245 1 4 _aThe Cost of Living Among Wage-Earners :
_bFall River, Massachusetts, October, 1919, Research Report Number 22, November, 1919
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2008-03-18
508 _aProduced by Anca Sabine Dumitrescu, Brian Magee, Clog and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Cost of Living Among Wage-Earners" by National Industrial Conference Board is a research report published in the early 20th century, specifically in November 1919. This book offers a detailed examination of the living costs experienced by wage-earning families in Fall River, Massachusetts, shortly after the First World War. It highlights the financial requirements for maintaining a household at various standards of living during a time of economic adjustment. In the report, the authors conduct a thorough analysis of the costs associated with essential expenses such as food, shelter, clothing, fuel, and miscellaneous sundries for a hypothetical family of five. The study presents estimated weekly and yearly expenditures required to uphold a minimum acceptable standard of living, as well as a more liberal standard that includes greater comfort. The findings reveal a significant increase in living costs over a five-year period, reflecting a 73% rise in overall expenses since 1914. The data serves as both a snapshot of post-war economic conditions and a valuable resource for understanding the financial pressures faced by working-class families during this transformative period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCost and standard of living -- Massachusetts -- Fall River
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24868
999 _c65869
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