Subsistence of agricultural labourers in England.
Q. 14. Could such a family subsist on the aggregate earnings of the father, mother, and children; and if so, on what food?
| Number of Parishes answering Q. 14. | No. (simply). | Yes. (simply). | Barely, or without Meat. | With Meat. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Berks | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Bucks | 27 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Cambridge | 33 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
| Chester | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Cornwall | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Cumberland | 33 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 13 |
| Derby | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Devon | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| Dorset | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Durham | 30 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| Essex | 38 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 14 |
| Gloucester | 19 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Hereford | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Hertford | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Huntingdon | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kent | 43 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| Lancaster | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| Leicester | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Lincoln | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Middlesex | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Monmouth | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Norfolk | 27 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| Northampton | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Northumberland | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Nottingham | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| Oxford | 21 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| Rutland | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Salop | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Somerset | 22 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| Southampton | 43 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Stafford | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Suffolk | 26 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| Surrey | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| Sussex | 68 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 22 |
| Warwick | 31 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| Westmorland | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Wilts | 24 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| Worcester | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| York | 65 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 28 |
| (40) | |||||
| Total | 899 | 71 | 212 | 125 | 491 |