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Changes in Cost of Living 1914-1919 (Monthly Labor Review, August 1919)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · 1919
Population measured
Families of wage-earners in shipbuilding centers + 13 large cities — NOT a national median
Source notes & limitations
Kept for potential 1910s-room use — the existing 1910s room cites bls-bulletin-49-1903 instead. Conducted during WWI, prices and availability distorted by wartime. FRASER: https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/monthly-labor-review-6130/august-1919-604874/fulltext. Digitized microdata: ICPSR 8299, 'Cost of Living in the United States, 1917-1919' (BLS 1986) — Tier B potential with ICPSR access.
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