Total Family Income 1

Exercise # 4

Total Family Income by Marital Status

LaShauna Crayton

Sowk 300- Computer Application

Tuskegee University

January 31, 2011

 Total Family Income 2

Table 1

Total Family Income by Marital Status of R (%)

R’ Marital Status

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Income Married Widowed Divorced Separated Never Total

Married

24,999 or

less 24.2 66.7 58.7 62.5 46.5 39.0

25,000 to

39,999 21.3 10.3 18.8 17.5 23.4 20.0

40,000 to

59,999 20.4 3.0 13.1 2.5 11.9 15.3

60,000 or

More 34.2 20.0 9.4 17.5 18.2 25.6

(N) (53) (11) (14) (3) (19) (100)

Source: General Social Survey, 1972-2000

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Table 2

Total Family Income by Marital Status of R (%)

Controlling for R’s Race

R’ Marital Status

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Income Married Widowed Divorced Separated Never Total

Married

Black Respondents

24,999 or

less 35.6 82.6 66.7 58.8 51.1 52.7

25,000 to

39,999 18.6 0 9.5 23.5 31.9 19.2

40,000 to

59,999 16.9 0 9.5 0 10.6 10.2

60,000 or

More 28.8 17.4 14.3 17.6 6.4 18

(N) (35) (14) (13) (10) (28) (100)

White Respondents

24,999 or

less 22.7 63.2 58.7 63.6 45.7 37.1

25,000 to

39,999 21.4 12.5 20.1 13.6 22.4 20.3

40,000 to

59,999 21.1 2.9 13.6 4.5 11.9 16.1

60,000 or

More 34.8 21.3 7.6 18.2 20.1 26.5

(N) (55) (11) (15) (2) (17) (100)

Source: General Social Survey, 1972-2000