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Household Income and Expenses (1909)
The statistics presented here show differences in income and consumer behavior among the households of workers, white-collar workers (including teachers), and civil servants. Notice the vast disparity in household income and expenses between workers and teachers: the latter earned and consumed almost twice as much.
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I. Household budgets of families of workers, white-collar workers, and civil servants (1): Income
| Occupation of the head of the household | Number of households | Average income in Marks
and (%) (2) | Total | Husband’s earned income | Husband’s side income | Wife’s income | Childrens’ contribution
| Rent from tenants | Other cash income | Earnings in kind | | All households | 852 | 2,192.08 | 1,805.35
(82.4)
| 51.10
(2.3)
| 60.26
(2.7)
| 36.79
(1.7)
| 44.07
(2.0)
| 174.93
(8.0)
| 19.58
(0.9)
| | Among them: | | | A. Workers | 522 | 1,835.38 | 1,507.92
(82.2)
| 41.05
(2.2)
| 79.24
(4.3)
| 44.49
(2.4)
| 52.98
(2.9)
| 102.19
(5.6)
| 7.51
(0.4)
| | I. Commercial | 436 | 1,865.96 | 1,536.46
(82.3)
| 43.05
(2.3)
| 73.94
(4.0)
| 42.88
(2.3)
| 55.96
(3.0)
| 105.69
(5.7)
| 7.98
(0.4)
| | a) skilled | 382 | 1,885.68 | 1,569.46
(83.2)
| 44.65
(2.4)
| 65.57
(3.5)
| 42.46
(2.2)
| 52.17
(2.8)
| 104.77
(5.6)
| 6.60
(0.3)
| | b) unskilled | 54 | 1,726.51 | 1,303.01
(75.5)
| 31.80
(1.8)
| 133.19
(7.7)
| 45.85
(2.7)
| 82.72
(4.8)
| 112.20
(6.5)
| 17.74
(1.0)
| II. Workers in trade and commerce
| 53 | 1,737.31 | 1,374.20
(79.1)
| 27.54
(1.6)
| 111.18
(6.4)
| 66.19
(3.8)
| 45.78
(2.6)
| 104.18
(6.0)
| 8.24
(0.5)
| III. Workers without a more detailed designation
| 33 | 1,588.81 | 1,345.65
(84.7)
| 36.32
(2.3)
| 97.93
(6.2)
| 30.93
(1.9)
| 25.31
(1.6)
| 52.67
(3.3)
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| | B. Private employees | 36 | 2,441.69 | 2,012.11
(82.4)
| 32.30
(1.3)
| 79.69
(3.3)
| 33.08
(1.4)
| 25.67
(1.0)
| 248.63
(10.2)
| 10.21
(0.4)
| | C. Teachers | 79 | 3,294.32 | 2,753.05
(83.6)
| 180.30
(5.5)
| 7.03
(0.2)
| -
- | 5.69
(0.2)
| 281.37
(8.5)
| 66.88
(2.0)
| | D. Mid-level civil servants | 139 | 2,861.72 | 2,376.71
(83.1)
| 27.20
(0.9)
| 10.19
(0.4)
| 13.99
(0.5)
| 34.64
(1.2)
| 369.11
(12.9)
| 29.88
(1.0)
| E. Lower-level
civil servants
| 67 | 2,084.31 | 1,693.96
(81.3)
| 41.11
(2.0)
| 24.71
(1.2)
| 69.77
(3.3)
| 44.59
(2.1)
| 171.64
(8.2)
| 38.58
(1.9)
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