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incomes in excess of $1,000.

 Among those farm households with female family heads (Table 68),

approximately 93 percent reported cash farm incomes in the low negative and

lower positive ($0 to $999) income classes compared with 62 percent of the

households headed by males.


TABLE 68.-Number
 family head and


and percentage distribution of farm households by sex of
by net cash farm income class, North and West Florida, 1956


 I
 : Sex of family head
 Net cash farm t All _
 income class t households :
 (dollars) : Male P Female


 : Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

(-500) and over 32 8,7 30 8.8 2 7.4
(-499)-(-250) : 24 6.5 24 7,0
(-249)-(-1) 79 21.5 67 19.6 12 44.5
 0- 249 85 23.1 78 22,9 7 25.9
 250- 499 : 32 8.7 30 8.8 2 7.4
 500- 999 : 42 11.4 38 11,1 4 14.8
 1,000-1,499 t 17 4.6 17 5.0
 1,500-2,499 : 29 7.9 29 8.5
 2,500-4,999 21 5.7 21 6.2
 5,000 and over 7 1.9 7 2.1

 All classes : 368 100.0 341 100.0 27 100.0
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