Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

Vaijayanti Bhate , Sulabha Brahme

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Measurment of economic level of living forms an important part of the family living studies. Dietary haibits and the nutritional value of food, standard of clothing, type of housing, possession of durable article, etc. are the various aspects of the measurement of level of living.

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Sulabha Brahme

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The note presents the result of an analysis undertaken with a view to examining the effects of investigator's bias on the reliability of data collected in a survey by the interview method. For this purpose, the information, relating to consumer expenditure on clothing, collected during 1955 in Poona from a sample of 545 families, is utilized.

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Sulabha Brahme

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The present note is prepared with a view to bringing together the information relating to consumer expenditure on fuel and lighting in some rural areas, of the Maharashtra and the Mysore States, available through the village surveys conducted by the Agro-Economic Section of the Gokhale Institute during 1955-1958.

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Sulabha Brahme

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An attempt is made in the present note to estimate the cost of children in families of some specific size and composition, following the method of estimation proposed by Mr. Nicholson. For this purpose, information regarding annual clothing expenditure and annual family income for some 223 families covered in the cloth consumption survey conducted in Poona during 1955 has been used.

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Sulabha Brahme

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Different factors such as occupation, industry, location, age, and sex that are responsible for the variations in the earnings of individuals, have been extensively studied in Europe and U.S.A.

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