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List of Tables and Charts

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Summary..

Continued Rise in Farm Family Living Shown by 1954 Indexes

Farm Levels of Living Have Risen Markedly Since 1930..

Many Factors Related to Rise in Levels of Living

Levels of Living Vary Among States

Counties Have Wide Range on Index

Most County Indexes Increase; Some Changes in Ranking Occur

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Indexes Also Available for State Economic Areas.

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Indexes Rise in Low-Income Areas but Are Still Far Below Average

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Brief History of County Indexes of Rural Level of Living

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What Level-of-Living Indexes Measure

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Method of Constructing Indexes..

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Special Problems in Connection with the 1950 and 1954 Indexes..

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Related Reports.....

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Table A-1

Number of counties by type of percentage change in number of
farms and level-of-living index, 1950-54...

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Table A-2

Number of counties by quintiles of percentage decrease in
number of farms and of percentage increase in level-of-living
index, 1950-54...

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Table B

Number of counties by type of percentage change in number of
farms, in farms with tractors, and in level-of-living index,
1950-54

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Table C

Stages in development of index formula from intercorrelations of
four items related to farm-operator level of living, sample of
196 counties, 1945....

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Detailed Tables

Table 1

Average county index of farm-operator family level of living for
the United States, regions, geographic divisions, and States,
1930, 1940, 1945, 1950, and 1954 ...

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Table 2

Farm-operator family level-of-living

indexes, by counties,

States, and the United States, 1945, 1950, and 1954...

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Table 3

Average county index of farm-operator family level of living for
State economic areas, 1945, 1950, and 1954...

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Table 4

Average county index of farm-operator family level of living for
farming income areas, 1950 and 1954..