Money Income and Expenditure of Single Female Employees of Industrial Enterprises of Sverdlovsk Region in 1957 (according to Budget Surveys of 1957)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the topic, which is practically not developed in the national historiography, especially with regard to its regional aspect. The purpose of this article was to study the money income and expenses of single women employees of industrial enterprises of Sverdlovsk region in 1957. It is declared that the respondents had different housing conditions, a variety of personal preferences, a different number of relatives, friends and acquaintances. It is noted that the Soviet statistical authorities have always paid the greatest attention to the families of workers and farmers. It is argued that the families of employees in the budget surveys were no more than 20% of the respondents. It is emphasized that the author of this article not for the first time refers to the development of budgets of individuals, including employees. It is stated that there has been a rather serious differentiation between the money income and expenditure of female employees surveyed. It is proved that in process of decrease of the total amount of expenses the specific weight of commodity part tended to increase, and non-commodity on the contrary tended to decline. It is stated that the clearly predominant share of all expenses of the surveyed female employees was food expenses - up to 2/3 of the amount of commodity expenses. It is concluded that the cash income and expenditure of all surveyed female employees were higher than similar average indicators per capita of working families.