A. Salary and Occupation: Since you have 3 children, someone must stay home to take care of them. Therefore, only one person in your family will be able to work. Look through the jobs listed in the 19th Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor in the Family Economics reading and choose a job that will pay roughly $40 a month. List the occupation and salary for your worker.

Monthly Budget

Now it is time to work on your budget. For each of the following, how much would it cost to purchase enough for your family to survive?

B. Monthly Food Purchase:  
Based on  the recommended daily amount of food an adult should consume per day with a  child consuming half of this amount, I calculated the monthly amount that would be necessary to feed a family of 5.

Since you want variety in your diet you must choose and list at least 3 examples from all five of the food categories listed below. You must also calculate the miscellaneous costs in at the end.

For each of the five categories below, be very specific about which foods you are going to purchase and how much you are purchasing. For example, are you purchasing a Rib Roast or  Pork Chops? How much of each item did you buy and how much did each cost?

  1. Vegetables (53 pounds = recommended amount a family of 5 should consume per month)
  2. Fruit (53 pounds = recommended amount a family of 5 should consume per month)
  3. Grains (53 pounds = recommended amount a family of 5 should consume per month)
  4. Protein such as fish, poultry,  meat, or eggs (105 pounds = recommended amount a family of 5 should consume per month)
  5. Dairy such as milk or cheese (26 quarts/pounds = recommended amount a family of 5 should consume per month)

 

Miscellaneous costs- Clothing, doctors, ice... $5.00 a month for the whole family

C. Housing Costs- Where would you live and how much would it cost for 1 month?

D. Transportation- How much would it cost per month for you to use the subway?  You must ride the subway for 20 days in a month.

E. Heating- How much would you spend on heat for your family for 1 month? ( you will need to purchase coal for 15 days in a month)

F. Bathing- How much would you spend to bathe each month? ( All members of the family must bathe at least once a week)

G. Savings or Money for extra costs like Birthday presents, medical emergencies, theft, entertainment, travel.  How much money do you have left after paying for all of the items listed above?