Table 3.-Major sources and amounts of family income, Florida families,
compared to 1,088 Southern regional families, 1963.

 Families Reporting
 White Negro
 Sources of Income, 1963
 Florida Region Florida Region

 dollars
Wages and salaries 2,562 2,112 2,150 1,235
Farming 683 969 106 319
Self-employment 522 348 41
Unemployment compensation 4 91 -
All other 685 265 350 122
Total 4,456 3,785 2,606 1,717
Number reporting 74 934 24 154


White


Negro


$3,000to $6,0001
 5,999 1 9,999


I $10,000
 ond over


 Figure 2. The percentage of white and Negro respondents falling in each
of four annual family income classes.

A typical secondary source of income was the employment of
wives. Quite frequently the employment of homemakers was
either seasonal or occasional, but the income-activities of the
husbands were more decisive in shaping anticipations for family
retirement than were those of wives.

 Family Resources
 Until the Social Security program began paying benefits to
older retirees, the traditional reliance for security in old age
was vested in savings. Today, more emphasis is placed upon