Cost of Living in the United States, 1917-1919 (ICPSR 8299)

Published: Feb 16, 1992

Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Series:

Cost of Living Survey Series

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08299.v5

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Project Description

Summary

This collection contains data obtained from families of wage earners or salaried workers in industrial locales scattered throughout the United States. The purpose of the survey was to estimate the cost of living of a "typical" American family. The completed questionnaires contain information about income sources and family expenditures including specific quantities and costs of food, housing, clothing, fuel, furniture, and miscellaneous household items for the calendar year. Demographic characteristics recorded for each household member include relationship to head, age, sex, occupation, weeks spent in the household and employed, wage rate, and total earnings.

Citation

United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cost of Living in the United States, 1917-1919. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08299.v5

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Funding

National Endowment for the Humanities (RT-20344-83, and RT-20576-85)

Subject Terms

consumers cost of living economic indicators expenses families households income urban population working class

Geographic Coverage

United States

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1917 -- 1919

Date of Collection

1918-07 -- 1919-02

Methodology

Universe

Industrial workers and their families in 99 cities in the United States.

Data Source

interview schedules of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Data Type(s)

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1985-01-11

Version Date

1992-02-16

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.