Dividing Income for Wise Spending
As the $200 Income of Fifty Representative Urban Families was spent Jan. to June, 1920
| Family of Three | Family of Four | Family of Five | ||||||
| Food | 30% | $60.00 | 35% | $70.00 | 40% | $80.00 | ||
| Shelter | 25 | 50.00 | 28 | 56.00 | 30 | 60.00 | ||
| Operating | 12 | 24.00 | 12 | 24.00 | 10 | 20.00 | ||
| Clothing | 15 | 30.00 | 17 | 34.00 | 15 | 30.00 | ||
| Contingency: | ||||||||
| Insurance | — | 18 | 36.00 | 8 | 16.00 | 5 | 10.00 | |
| Advancements | ||||||||
| Savings | ||||||||
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| Investments | ||||||||
Plan your expenditures ahead and buy dependable goods
FORM FOR YOUR FAMILY BUDGET
Itemized Accounting of Expenditures and Percentage Apportionment of Income.
Estimated for Family of Five on $300 a Month. Percentages of Expenditures for Food, Operating and Contingency vary according to income.
The accompanying is a family budget outline that is easily adjustable to entirely satisfactory use in your home. If the home manager, by means of her ingenuity or by doing work herself, saves on the regular scheduled expenditures, that money should go to her personal account. Preparedness is a big factor in the growth of the Home Manager’s credit column.