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than did nonwhite households. Differences in favor of white households were

less pronounced in reports of sewing machines, automobile or trucks, refriger-

at6ra, electricity, and radios than for other level-of-living items.

 Except for those households in the highest income classes among non-

farm families and among nonwhite families, the frequency with which households

reported level-of-living items increased with the level of positive cash

incomes. From the standpoint of total survey households, those with negative

eash family incomes reported facilities with approximately the same frequency

as did families with incomes of $4,000,