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Project #3 SPSS Research Report Data Files

LaShauna Crayton

March 19, 2011

Sowk 300 Computer Application

Ms. Mcarthur
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In this project, I researched how marital status and income relates. The respondents that

are married will have income than those that are separated. One reason could be that the marry

respondents has more than one income source versus the respondents who has never marry. The

dependent variable is income and its values are as follows: less than 1000 – 2500 or more,

although some of the respondents refused the question and some also didn’t know their income.

The independent variable is marital status and the values are married, widowed, divorced,

separated, and never.

Another variable that was measure in this research is the control variable, which is race.

The values of the control variable are: white, blacks and others. The category others include race

such as the Hispanics and Chinese. The affect that race has on the other variables is that it breaks

the research down further to better understand the income of each marital status. Although the

respondents who are married will have a higher income than the other marital status but,

controlling for race, the Caucasians married respondent’s income will be higher than black

married respondents.
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When married you have help with a lot of things; it’s more than you taking care of things

alone. You have a spouse that you depend on, in a relationship you are able to split bills in half

and to also take up the slack when the other person is lacking. A married couple income doubles

each year because in their household there are two income sources coming to one house. The

respondents that are widows should also have a higher income than independent (never married)

respondents. I’m sure that their spouse had a job with benefits that left them a stipend once they

deceased. The respondents that are independent income are very low because they don’t have

any help; its only one income source in the household.

Race has a big effect on the relationship between income and the marital status of some

respondents. Now that race is included you can see which race has the highest income in each

marital status. The Caucasians respondents that are married will have the highest income; they

tends to find good high paying jobs and most of the Caucasians population are further their

education to get better jobs. I wouldn’t say all but, most blacks would rather go for fast money

which landing them low paying jobs. Fast money in the black population could also consist of

selling drugs, that could cause them to get arrested and leave their family with nothing;

defending for themselves.

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Table 1

Total Income by Marital Status

R’s Martial Status

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Income Married Widowed Divorced Separated Never

Lt $1000 .5 1.4 1.7 4.1 2.6

$1000-$2999 .9 7.7 3.6 7.5 4.6

$3000-$3999 1.5 7.7 3.0 6.3 3.8

$4000-$4999 1.4 7.6 3.3 4.9 8.6

$5000-$5999 1.7 6.6 4.0 5.9 3.3

$6000-$6999 1.8 6.3 3.1 4.8 2.8

$7000-$7999 1.9 5.4 3.7 3.7 3.3

$8000-$8999 4.0 6.1 5.2 5.7 5.3

$10000-$14999 12.7 15.0 14.8 13.6 13.9

$1500-$19999 10.5 8.0 10.8 8.3 11.2

$2000-$24999 47.4 13.9 32.4 22.9 32.6

$25000 or more 5.1 8.6 3.9 4.2 3.5

Total 100 100 100 100 100

(N) (57) (10) (12) (4) (19)

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Table 2
Total Income by Martial Status
Controlling for Race

Marital Status of R

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Income Married Widowed Divorced Separated Never

White
Lt $1000 .4 1.0 1.5 2.8 2.2
$1000-$2999 .8 6.7 3.2 5.1 4.0
$3000-$3999 1.3 7.3 2.8 4.9 3.3
$4000-$4999 1.2 7.2 3.3 4.5 3.1
$5000-$5999 1.6 6.1 3.9 5.4 2.9
$6000-$6999 1.7 6.2 3.0 4.2 2.4
$7000-$7999 1.9 5.1 3.7 2.9 3.0
$8000-$8999 3.9 6.5 5.2 5.2 5.3
$10000-$14999 12.7 15.8 14.7 12.8 13.8
$1500-$19999 10.5 8.3 10.7 9.6 11.5
$2000-$24999 10.5 6.3 10.7 9.3 10.3
$25000 or more 48.2 14.5 33.4 29.3 35.2
Total 100 100 100 100 100
(N) (60) (10) (11) (3) (17)

Black
Lt $1000 1.2 3.6 2.6 5.8 4.3
$1000-$2999 2.2 12.6 5.7 11.2 7.3
$3000-$3999 3.0 10.3 4.0 8.5 5.8
$4000-$4999 2.9 9.1 3.4 5.8 5.9
$5000-$5999 3.2 9.1 4.3 7.0 4.7
$6000-$6999 3.2 7.4 3.7 5.8 4.6
$7000-$7999 2.8 7.6 3.7 4.5 4.7
$8000-$8999 5.6 4.1 6.1 6.4 5.2
$10000-$14999 13.1 10.8 15.4 14.9 13.8
$1500-$19999 10.3 7.2 11.0 6.0 10.5
$2000-$24999 36.8 2.2 5.7 6.0 7.1
$25000 or more 5.4 9.1 26.4 13.4 21.1
Total 100 100 100 100 100
(N) (38) (12) (13) (10) (27)
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In the income category of 25000 or more, 47.4 of the respondents reported that they were

married, 13.9 of them were widows, 32.4 of them were divorced, 22.9 of the where separated and

32.6 of them where never married. .5 of the married respondents stated that they have an income

of a 1000 or less, 1.4 of the respondents were widows, 1.7 were divorced, 4.1 were separated,

and 2.6 were never married. 48.2 of the Caucasian respondents reported that they have an income

of 25000 or more, while 14.5 of the respondents are widows and 33.4 divorced. 29.3 of them are

separated and 35.2 have never been married. The black respondents in the same income category

36.8 of them informed that they income is about 25000 or more, 9.1 of them are widows, 26.4

are divorced, 13.4 are separated, and 21.1 has never been married.

Most of the respondents that reported that they had an income of 25000 or more were in

the married category. The married category had a higher percentage in almost every category.

Also both the black and Caucasians respondents that were married also had a higher percentage

in the top dollars. The respondents that had never been married had a high percentage in the

25000 or more category.

The individuals that took this survey were mostly successful in life. My hypothesis was

right that the respondents that were married would have a higher income than those who never

been married. As I stated before, the responds from those who never been married were very

high, my rationale were also right because the respondents that are married do have a someone to

lean on, their spouse. The results of the respondents that never been married were only 15.7

respond off to be tied with the married respondents.

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All the results were very shocking to me, I would have thought that the percentage of the

never been married responds would be low in the income range 25000 or more. In conclusion, I

guess that if a person really wants to make top dollars they would do whatever it takes to have a

high income. The people that have help or some kind of benefits have a greater advantage in

having a higher income than those who are independent. Benefits could consist of a child support

check or even social security.