Income and Household Structure (15.3.5)
As shown in Table 15.3.5, there are moderate differences in income between households with various household structures.
Table 15.3.5
HAVING SENIORS OR CHILDREN AND INCOME IN 2004
Income in 2004 as Percentage of Federal Poverty Level |
All Households |
Households with Seniors |
Households with Children, No Seniors |
One-Person Households with Neither Children nor Seniors |
Households with Two or More People but with Neither Children nor Seniors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0% (no income) |
7.8% |
2.2% |
4.3% |
16.1% |
5.5% |
1%-50% |
27.2% |
15.2% |
38.8% |
23.0% |
28.3% |
51%-75% |
22.8% |
24.5% |
23.7% |
20.2% |
24.4% |
76%-100% |
15.6% |
23.0% |
12.8% |
15.2% |
12.3% |
101%-130% |
11.2% |
18.4% |
9.0% |
9.1% |
9.9% |
SUBTOTAL |
84.6% |
83.3% |
88.7% |
83.5% |
80.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
131%-150% |
4.5% |
6.7% |
4.0% |
3.1% |
5.5% |
151%-185% |
3.9% |
4.7% |
3.4% |
4.0% |
3.8% |
186% or higher |
6.9% |
5.3% |
4.0% |
9.3% |
10.3% |
SUBTOTAL |
15.4% |
16.7% |
11.3% |
16.5% |
19.6% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
52,041 |
11,536 |
15,987 |
16,598 |
7,920 |
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.
Key findings include:
- Households with children and no seniors are considerably more likely than households with seniors to be at or below 50% of the poverty level (43.2% compared with 17.4%).
- A higher percentage of households with two or more people but without seniors or children (19.6%) have incomes above 130% of the federal poverty level, compared with 15.4% of all households in the population.