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reporting farm wage income. Approximately 22 percent of the individuals with

no formal schooling reported income from this source. Proportions tended to

decrease steadily as educational levels rose. Less than 4 percent of the

individuals with education above the high school level reported farmwork income.

 More than 40 percent of the individuals reporting farm wage income

were female (Table 78). The earnings of female workers were substantially

below those of male workers. Less than 3 percent of the females reported more

than $500 from farm wage work compared with 32 percent of the male workers.

None of the females reported as much as $1,000, whereas 33 males earned $1,000

or more,

TABLE 78.--Distribution of individuals 14 years of age and older reporting
income from work on other farms, by sex and farm work income class, 167 rural
 households, North and West Florida, 1956

 : Sex
 Farm work All _
 income class : individuals
 (dollars) : Male : Female

 Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

 1- 249 : 182 67.1 86 55.2 96 83.5
 250- 499 t 36 13,3 20 12.8 16 13.9
 500- 749 14 5.2 12 7.7 2 1,7
 750- 999 6 2.2 5 3.2 1 .9
 1,000-1,499 s 19 7.0 19 12.2
 1,500-1,999 5 1.8 5 3.2 .
 2,000-2,999 a 6 2.2 6 3.9
 3,000-3,999 1 .4 1 .6
 4,000-4,999 1 .4 1 .6
 5,000-7,499 1 .4 1 .6
 7,500-9,999 .. .
 10,000 and over .. .. ** **

 Total : 271 100.0 156 100.0 115 100.0


 Although the incidence of limitation on physical ability to work was

relatively light among individuals reporting farm wage income, those reporting