Excerpt from Standards of Public Aid to Children in Their Own HomesIn each place' studied, with one exception, the records of all families receiving aid at the time were examined, schedules1 being filled out for each family. The case worker was then consulted, and additional information was secured from her. In Boston, data were Obtained for only a selected number of the families, the total number being too large for inclusion in this study.A smaller group of. Families was chosen in each place for intensive study, with Special reference to standards of living. This smaller group was selected from the families then receiving aid who had been getting it long enough to have become adjusted to their incomes and to the requirements of the supervisory agent. One year of receiving relief was regarded as sufficient for this purpose, although two years were preferred where the work had been going on under the existing plans for a period sufficiently long to furnish enough families on that basis. A full list of current cases in which the aid had been granted for the chosen period was first secured. From this were eliminated those unsuitable for the purpose of ascertaining the standard of living, such as families living with relatives and not maintaining their own homes, those whose incomes were indeterminate or irregular to an unusual extent, those in which the mothers could speak no English or from whom for other reasons it was found too difficult to secure information, and those presenting behavior difficulties. Since it was usually impossible to visit all the families in the resultant list those to be intensively studied were then chosen so that they would be representative of the different elements of the population, the varying compositions of families, and the geographical distribution.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.