vitrine · corridor · pairwise

1900s 1950s

Fact families the measure guard certifies comparable for this pair. Everything else renders as the gap it is. Every value links to its placard.

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Infant mortality

deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births

1900s · Tier A
~100 per 1,000 live births
1950s · Tier A
29.2 per 1,000 live births

Homeownership

% of occupied housing units owner-occupied

1900s · Tier A
~46.5% (national, all households)
1950s · Tier A
55.0%

Telephone

% of households

⚠ 1910s–1930s sources counted telephones per 1,000 population, not households — those decades render as gaps rather than a unit splice.
⚠ The 2020s point counts cell phones (92.7%); the landline share is on the placard.
1900s · Tier A
Telephone: 9.2 per 1,000 population (1898), ~5% of households. Automobile: <1% (registration incomplete pre-1910). Electricity: <5% of homes (urban only). Radio: not yet commercial.
1950s · Tier A
Telephone: 61.8% of households (280.9 per 1,000 population). Automobile: registration data available but not asked in 1950 Census.

Women's unpaid home production

hours per week, prime-age women

⚠ The 2020s source (ATUS) measures all-adult household activities, a concept splice from Ramey's women's series — flagged, not smoothed, so the chart renders it as a gap and the placard carries both figures.
1900s · Tier C
46.8
1950s · Tier C
41.5

Men's unpaid home production

hours per week, prime-age men

1900s · Tier C
3.9
1950s · Tier C
9.0

Food's share of spending

% of household expenditure

⚠ Populations differ across the century — 1901 wage-earner families vs modern consumer units; every placard names who was measured.
⚠ The 1950s point is the nearest available survey (CEX 1960–61), stated plainly rather than back-cast.
1900s · Tier A
42.54%
1950s · Tier A
Food $1,309/yr (24.3% of expenditure), housing $1,594 (29.6%), food away from home $274, local telephone $69/yr. Total expenditure: $5,393.

Weekly hours, manufacturing

hours per week, production workers

1900s · Tier A
59.0
1950s · Tier A
40.5