The study was conducted jointly by U.S. Bureau of home economics and Bureau of labor statistics, in cooperation with the National resources planning board and the Central statistical board; funds for the project were provided by the Work projects administration. cf. Foreword by v. 1.

A comparable series on a survey of city families, prepared by the Bureau of labor statistics is issued as numbers of its Bulletin.

[v. 5] Family expenditures for personal care, gifts, selected taxes, and miscellaneous items, five regions, by Day Monroe, Dorothy S. Brady, Edith D. Rainboth, Ellen D. Riley. 1941.--[v. 6] Family expenditures for education, reading, recreation, and tobacco, five regions, by Day Monroe, Dorothy S. Brady, Maryland Y. Pennell, Miriam H. Coffin. 1941.--[v. 7] Changes in assets and liabilities of families, five regions, by Dorothy S. Brady, Day Monroe, Janet Murray, Yetta A. Carmel, Marjorie W. Ellsworth. 1941.