Education and Income (15.3.3)
Not surprisingly, education status is also highly correlated with income (Table 15.3.3).
Table 15.3.3
EDUCATION AND INCOME IN 2004
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|
Highest Education Level Achieved |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income in 2004 as Percentage of Federal Poverty Level |
All Clients |
Less than High School |
Completed High School |
Completed Noncollege/ Business/ Technical School |
Some College/ Two-Year Degree |
Completed College |
0% (no income) |
7.8% |
8.2% |
7.9% |
4.8% |
7.8% |
7.5% |
1%-50% |
27.2% |
30.5% |
27.9% |
23.7% |
22.0% |
18.5% |
51%-75% |
22.8% |
26.5% |
21.8% |
18.4% |
20.5% |
14.4% |
76%-100% |
15.6% |
16.2% |
15.3% |
18.3% |
14.9% |
14.1% |
101%-130% |
11.2% |
10.0% |
11.8% |
14.4% |
11.5% |
11.7% |
SUBTOTAL |
84.6% |
91.4% |
84.7% |
79.5% |
76.6% |
66.1% |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
131%-150% |
4.5% |
3.3% |
4.3% |
7.4% |
6.1% |
7.0% |
151%-185% |
3.9% |
2.5% |
3.8% |
5.3% |
5.4% |
9.4% |
186% or higher |
7.0% |
2.8% |
7.3% |
7.8% |
11.9% |
17.4% |
SUBTOTAL |
15.4% |
8.6% |
15.3% |
20.5% |
23.4% |
33.9% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
47,620 |
17,792 |
17,271 |
1,806 |
8,290 |
2,461 |
Notes:
In calculating percentages and sample sizes, we excluded item nonresponses to all variables involved.
Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 28) at the 1% level.
Findings presented in Table 15.3.3 include:
- In 2004, 91.4% of the clients who had not completed high school and 84.7% of the clients who had completed up to high school had either no income or an income less than 130% of the federal poverty level. On the other hand, only 66.1% of the clients who had completed college had either no income or an income less than 130% of the federal poverty level.
- The percentage of the clients who had an income more than 130% of the federal poverty level in 2004 is only 8.6% among the clients who had not completed high school. It is as high as 33.9% among the clients who had completed college.