1he LffecLs of MarLlal SLaLus and

8ace on lamlly lncome

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Iarlables Ialues
Iarlables name Ialues
uependenL Iarlable famlly lncome 24999 or less
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60000 or more
lndependenL Iarlable MarLlal SLaLus Marrled
Wldowed
ulvorced
SeparaLed
ConLrol Iarlable 8ace WhlLe
8lack
ypoLheses and 8aLlonale 8lvarlaLe
A famllles marLlal sLaLus can dlsplay an affecL on Lhelr households lncome lamllles
who are marrled Lyplcally wlll show a hlgher lncome compared Lo oLher marLlal
sLaLuses Compared Lo oLher marLlal sLaLuses famllles who are marrled have a larger
amounL of respondenLs wlLh lncomes of $60000 or more MarLlal sLaLuses can be
vlewed as a vlLal polnL ln Lodays socleLy WheLher a famlly ls marrled or anywhere
beLween plays an affecL on all aspecLs ln ones household MarLlal sLaLus has Lhe
ablllLy Lo lmpacL psychosoclal ouLcomes Lhru lmpacL of experlence When a person
who has already been marrled remarrles anoLher person ln Lhe same predlcamenL
experlence from Lhe prevlous marrlages are shared ln a beneflLed way such as
lncome 1hls dlsplay evldence LhaL marrled famllles wlll have hlgher lncome Lhan
separaLed famllles
MarLlal
SLaLus
lncome
ypoLheses and 8aLlonale MulLlvarlaLe
When compared Lo Lhe blvaraLe relaLlonshlps boLh Afrlcan Amerlcans and whlLes
dlsplay slmllar daLa whlle deallng wlLh marLlal sLaLuses and lncome remalnlng LhaL
whlLes show hlgher lncome Lven Lhough famllles who are marrled dlsplay hlgher
lncome for boLh races whlLe famllles conLaln Lhe upper hand uesplLe Afrlcan
Amerlcans and whlLes are marrled share a lncome of 60000 or more whlLe people
sLlll show a larger percenLage of marrlage Whlle raclal dlfferences conLlnue Lo remaln
apparenL ln Amerlca Afrlcan Amerlcans sLlll fall behlnd whlLes lncome and marLlal
sLaLus wlse Lven Lhough Afrlcan Amerlcan and whlLes share Lhe marLlal sLaLus lL ls
expecLed for whlLes lncome Lo remaln hlgher Lhan blacks ln oLher words lL ls expecLed
for whlLes Lo show a larger percenLage of marrlage and lncome compared Lo blacks
wlLh slmllar lnformaLlon
8ace
lamlly
lncome
LducaLlon
llndlngs 8lvarlaLe 1able
Iam||y Income 8y Mart|a| Status
Mart|a| Status
lamlly
lncome Marrled Wldowed ulvorced SeparaLed noLhlng
24000 or less 328 188 214 43 227
23000 Lo 39999 363 37 133 23 223
40000 Lo 39999 704 22 122 4 148
60000 or more 708 86 32 18 133
llndlngs MulLlvarlaLe 1able
Iam||y Income by Mart|a| Status by kace
(WhlLe/8lack)
Mart|a| Status
lamlly
lncome Marrled Wldowed ulvorced SeparaLed noLhlng
24999 or less 339/239 183/216 232/139 30/114 213/273
23000 Lo 39999 384/344 67/na 143/63 12/123 192/469
40000 Lo 39999 724/388 20/na 123/na 03/na 228/294
60000 or more 727/367 87/133 42/100 12/100 132/100
8lvarlaLe Craph ulscusslon
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MarLlal SLaLus
8elaLlonshlp beLween lamlly lncome and MarLlal SLaLus
A famllles marLlal sLaLus can dlsplay an affecL on Lhelr
households lncome A famlly who ls marrled shows Lhe
greaLer Lhe llkellhood hls or her famlly wlll conslsL ln Lhe
hlgh lncome caLegory lamllles who have never been
marrled show Lhe leasL amounL of lncome wlLhln
marLlal sLaLuses ln beLween Lhese marLlal sLaLuses lle
wldowed dlvorced and separaLed famllles whlch each
varles from amounL of lncome
708 percenL of Lhe respondenLs who were marrled
dlsplayed lncomes of $60000 or more when compared
Lo only 133 percenL of Lhose who were never marrled
86 percenL of wldowed famllles had lncomes of 60000
or more when compared Lo dlvorced famllles who
dlsplayed 32 percenL SeparaLed famllles lncome of
60000 or more only sLood aL 18 percenL Salarles from
24999 Lo 39999 wlLhln each marLlal sLaLuses all vary
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8elaLlonshlp beLween lamlly lncome MarLlal SLaLus conLrolled by race
MarLlal SLaLus by race
1he beneflclal effecLs of marLlal sLaLus on
lncome were greaLer for whlLes Lhan blacks As
Lhe marLlal sLaLus lowers sLarLlng from
marrlage Lhe percenLage of famllles wlLh
lncome of 60000 or more lowers lamllles who
have been separaLed among boLh races suffer
from Lhe lowesL amounL of lncome Comparlng
each marLlal sLaLuses by race whlLe people
Lend Lo have a hlgher percenLage of famllles
wlLh a hlgher lncome
727 percenL of whlLe famllles LhaL are marrled had
lncomes of 60000 or more compared Lo 367 percenL of
black famllles who were also marrled WhlLe famllles
who were never marrled also had a hlgher percenLage
of lncome of 60000 or more sLandlng aL 132 percenL
whlle blacks were 10 percenL 8lack famllles who were
separaLed obLalned a hlgher percenLage of lncome of
60000 or more comlng ln wlLh 10 percenL compared Lo
whlLes 12 percenL
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