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TABLE 71.--Distribution of households reporting income from work on other farms
by family size and farm work income class, 167 rural households, North and West
 Florida, 1956


 : Family members
 Farm work : House- :
 income class : holds : : : : :
 (dollars) : : : : : 9

 : : : : : : : over

 :i : : : : : : :
 Noo Noo No. No. No- o..

 1- 249 84 4 16 9 9 13 9 11 12 1
 250- 499 26 6 4 2 4 4 2 4 ..
 500- 749 10 .. 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 ..
 750- 999 : 10 2 1 1 .. 1 2 1 2
 1,000-1,499 : 16 1 3 3 1 .. 2 2 2 2
 1,500-1,999 : 10 .. 2 1 1 1 2 .. 3
 2,000-2,999 8 .. .. 2 1 2 1 ., 1 1
 3,000-3,999 : 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. ..
 4,000-4,999 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. ** *
 5,000-7,499 : 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .
 7,500-9,999 : .. .. .. .. .. .. 
 10,000 and over ., .. .. .. .. .** ** **

 Total : 167 13 27 20 20 22 18 22 18 7
 ________----------- .---------------


income classes, there was

with 1, 2, 5, 7, and 8-10


greater than

members.


proportional representation of families


 From the standpoint of total households in each able-bodied male

group, relatively few households having no able-bodied males 14 to 64 years of

age reported income from farm wage work. As the number of able-bodied male

members increased from 1 to 4 members the proportions of households reporting

this income source increased.

 Households having no able-bo.ied males as well as those having 4 mem-

bers tended to be clustered in the lowest farmwork income classes. Almost 92

percent of the households reporting income in excess of $1,000 from farm wage

work had 1, 2, or 3 able-bodied male members. There was, however, no consistent