Standard of living among workingmen's families in New York city, . Diagram i i.—Number of under-fed families in each of the principal income-groups. 127 THE STANDARD OF LIVING This means that with less than $600 to spend for all purposes, anadequate food-supply is not provided, and that on from $600 to$800 incomes 1 family in 3 is under-fed, while less than 1 in 10 ofthe families having $900 and f 1000 to spend fell short of theminimum for food. Of the nationalities represented, the pro-portion of under-fed was greatest among the Russians, where morethan half of the families with incomes betwe
Standard of living among workingmen's families in New York city, . Diagram i i.—Number of under-fed families in each of the principal income-groups. 127 THE STANDARD OF LIVING This means that with less than $600 to spend for all purposes, anadequate food-supply is not provided, and that on from $600 to$800 incomes 1 family in 3 is under-fed, while less than 1 in 10 ofthe families having $900 and f 1000 to spend fell short of theminimum for food. Of the nationalities represented, the pro-portion of under-fed was greatest among the Russians, where morethan half of the families with incomes between $600 and $800,spent less than the minimum for food. For the 318 familieswith incomes between $600 and $1100 the figures are as follows: Number of Under-fed Families. Nationality. Families. Number. Per Cent. United States 67 10 Teutonic 39 8 Irish 24 2 Colored, 28 8 Bohemian 14 4 Russian 57 26 Austrian, etc 32 11 Italian 57 3 318 72 Diagram 12.—Number of under-fed families in each of the nationality-groups. 128 FOOD The small proportion among the Italians is due in part to the factthat the Italian families reported on consist, very many of them, ofparents and two young children. The large proportion of incomedevoted to buying food by the Italians has already been pointedout (page 123). By occupations, the three groups selected for comparison show alarger proportion of under-fed families than the whole mass. Thefigures, for incomes between $600 and $1100, are as follows: Total Number Under-fed Families: Occupation. of Families. Number. Per Cent. Garment-workers 45 16 Laborers 35 11 Teamsters, etc 26 8 106 35 33 The same distribution of these under-fed families among the income-groups is found that appears in regard to the families as a of the 16 under-fed among the garment-workers have less than$800 income; 9 of the 11 under-fed laborers families, and all of the8 under-fed among the team
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