standard of comfort
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It is not then precisely with the "standard of comfort" of male and female workers that we are concerned.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
When little work is available for his wife and children, or where his "standard of comfort" requires them not to undertake wage-work, his minimum wage must suffice to keep some four persons.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
The decline of the birth-rate, they say, "is associated with a general raising of the standard of comfort, and is an expression of the determination of the people to secure this greater comfort."
From The Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock
Mean and comfortless dwellings imply not only a low standard of comfort, but often a low morality.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
One class holds land of a fertility, quantity, and situation that enables the occupier to live at a reasonable standard of comfort out of the produce, and pay a rent.
From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.
