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TABLE 8.—Annual costs of the retired couple's budget,1 20 large cities and suburbs,

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1 The family consists of a retired husband and wife, aged 65 or over. NOTE: For costs of major components of the various budget categories, see table 2, for items and quantities included in the various categories, see tables 4-6 of original source.

Source: Monthly Labor Review, November 1960, p. 1142.

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1954.

131.2

115.2

1955.

116.4

1956

118. 2

1957.

1958.

1959.

1960 (September).

125.2 119.2
128.0 123.3 139.8
132.6 127.0 144.5
124.4 111.2 173.3 122.7
138.0 132.5 149.8 120.9 127.4 115.5 187.3 129.9
144.6 137.0 153.8 122.7 131.4 116.7 198.0 143.3
150.8 141.6 158.3 125.8 134.6 118.0 208.9 159.4 100.5
156.9 145.9 162.3 129.6 138.1 121.1 225.8 174.9 103.0

120.9

108.0

156.8

112.5

110.1

122.0 109.5

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Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Indicators, December 1960.

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