Married-Couple Families--Number and Median Income, by Work Experience of Husbands and Wives and Presence of Children statistics


		1997					1997

		Number (1,000)				Median income in current dollars(dollars)

			One or more related children					One or more related children
Work experience of			under 18 years old					under 18 years old
husband	All	With				All	With
	married	no		One	Two	married	no		One	Two
	couple	related	Total	child	children	couple	related	Total	child	children
	families	children			or	families	children			or
					more					more

All married-couple families ..................................................................................................	54,321	27,892	26,430	10,057	16,372	51,591	48,588	54,395	56,324	52,857

Husband worked.........................................................................................	43,384	18,404	24,980	9,365	15,615	57,794	61,190	55,905	58,075	54,588
Wife worked.........................................	32,834	14,020	18,814	7,482	11,331	61,837	65,624	59,733	61,486	57,974
Wife year-round, full-time worker....................	18,962	8,907	10,055	4,455	5,600	67,053	70,445	64,859	66,726	62,848
Wife did not work....................................	10,550	4,384	6,166	1,882	4,284	43,482	45,421	42,095	42,887	41,783

Husband year-round, full-time worker....................................................................	35,618	14,009	21,609	8,052	13,557	61,495	66,268	58,688	60,667	57,220
Wife worked.........................................	27,493	11,103	16,390	6,499	9,891	64,902	69,982	61,713	63,369	60,761
Wife year-round, full-time worker....................	16,244	7,392	8,852	3,921	4,931	69,507	73,280	66,477	68,173	65,354
Wife did not work....................................	8,125	2,906	5,219	1,553	3,666	48,510	51,866	46,454	46,864	46,109

Husband did not work.....................................	10,937	9,488	1,449	693	757	27,639	28,253	22,880	28,329	19,602
Wife worked.........................................	2,861	2,084	778	382	396	37,239	39,784	30,014	32,530	25,990
Wife year-round, full-time worker....................	1,600	1,124	476	247	229	44,548	47,962	38,347	39,041	37,405
Wife did not work....................................	8,076	7,404	672	311	361	24,986	25,656	17,542	21,406	15,256


		1998					1998

		Number (1,000)				Median income in current dollars(dollars)
						--
			One or more related children					One or more related children
Work experience of			under 18 years old					under 18 years old
husband	All	With				All	With
	married	no		One	Two	married	no		One	Two
	couple	related	Total	child	children	couple	related	Total	child	children
	families	children			or	families	children			or
					more					more

All married-couple families ....	54,778	28,552	26,226	10,077	16,150	54,180	51,323	57,022	59,033	55,674

Husband worked......................	43,705	18,822	24,883	9,429	15,454	60,867	64,090	58,730	60,784	57,118
Wife worked.........................................	32,873	14,289	18,584	7,459	11,125	65,411	68,878	62,817	65,261	61,561
Wife year-round, full-time worker....................	19,132	9,139	9,993	4,421	5,572	70,918	73,284	68,438	71,474	66,482
Wife did not work....................................	10,832	4,532	6,300	1,970	4,329	45,541	49,128	42,079	42,063	42,084

Husband year-round, full-time worker..	36,285	14,576	21,709	8,155	13,554	63,750	68,930	60,883	62,429	59,910
Wife worked.........................................	27,799	11,555	16,244	6,491	9,753	68,075	72,342	65,140	67,325	63,693
Wife year-round, full-time worker....................	16,703	7,774	8,929	3,932	4,997	72,930	76,459	70,515	73,502	68,203
Wife did not work....................................	8,486	3,021	5,465	1,663	3,801	48,514	52,355	45,372	43,373	45,996

Husband did not work.....................................	11,073	9,730	1,343	647	696	28,488	28,819	26,196	27,388	25,168
Wife worked.........................................	3,019	2,230	789	393	396	38,818	41,883	31,098	35,727	28,875
Wife year-round, full-time worker....................	1,666	1,194	472	230	242	43,080	45,437	36,102	40,107	32,030
Wife did not work....................................	8,055	7,500	554	254	300	25,657	26,029	19,116	19,903	17,312

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Current Population Reports, Money Income in the United States, series P60-193, P60-197, P60-200, and P60-206.

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* CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY (MARCH ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY)

Approximately 62,500 housing units were eligible to receive the 1995 Annual Demographic Survey. The basic monthly CPS sample of 60,000 housing units was supplemented by 2,500 housing units which had at least one Hispanic member the previous November. In addition, members of the Armed Forces, which are excluded from the basic CPS labor force survey, were part of the elibigle population in March. Because of the CPS sample rotation system, approximately one-half of the sample had been interviewed the previous March.

Interviewers used lap-top computers to administer the interview, asking questions as they appear on the screen and directly entering the responses obtained. With the exception of first and the fifth month-in-sample interviews, when an interviewer usually visited the sample unit, over 90 percent of the interviews were conducted by telephone.

Completed interviews were electronically transmitted to a central processor where the responses were edited for consistency, imputations were made for missing data, and various codes were added. Based on the probability of selection, a weight was added to each supplement-responding household and person record so that estimates of the population by state, race, age, sex, and Hispanic origin matched the population projections made by the Bureau of the Census. Since not every person who provided labor force information completed the supplement and the supplement was asked of members of the Armed Forces, the supplement weights vary from those used for labor force estimation.

* DEFINITIONS

Family

The term "family" refers to a group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption who reside together; all such persons are considered as members of one family. For example, if the son of the person who maintains the household and the son's wife are members of the household, they are treated as members of the parent's family. Every family must include a reference person (see definition of householder for primary families); two or more people living in the same household who are related to one another, but are not related to the householder, form an "unrelated subfamily." Beginning with the 1980 CPS, unrelated subfamilies were excluded from the count of families and unrelated subfamily members were excluded from the count of family members.

Family households

Family households are households maintained by a family (as defined above). Members of family households include any unrelated persons (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there. The number of family households will not equal the number of families since families living in group quarters are included in the count of families. In addition, the count of family household members differs from the count of family members in that the family household members include all persons living in the household, whereas family members include only the householder and his/her relatives. (See the definition of family).

Income

For each person in the Current Population Survey (CPS) sample 15 years old and over, questions were asked on the amount of money income received in the preceding calendar year from each of the following sources: 1) earnings from longest job (or self- employment); 2) earnings from jobs other than longest job; 3) unemployment compensation; 4) worker's compensation; 5) Social Security; 6) Supplemental Security income; 7) public assistance; 8) veterans' payments; 9) survivor benefits; 10) disability benefits; 11) pension or retirement income; 12) interest; 13) dividends; 14) rents, royalties, and estates and trusts; 15) educational assistance; 16) alimony; 17) child support; 18) financial assistance from outside of the household, and other periodic income. Capital gains and lump-sum or one-time payments are excluded. For definitions of alternative measures of income (definitions 1 through 15 shown in tables 10 through 12), see introductory text.

It should be noted that although the income statistics refer to receipts during the preceding calendar year, the demographic characteristics such as age, labor force status, and family or household composition are as of the survey date. The income of the family/household does not include amounts received by persons who were members during all or part of the income year if these persons no longer resided in the family/household at the time of interview. However, income data are collected for persons who are current residents but did not reside in the household during the income year.

Data on consumer income collected in the CPS by the Bureau of the Census cover money income received (exclusive of certain money receipts such as capital gains) before payments for personal income taxes, Social Security, union dues, Medicare deductions, etc. Therefore, money income does not reflect the fact that some families receive part of their income in the form of noncash benefits such as food stamps, health benefits, noncash benefits in the form of rent-free housing and goods produced and consumed on the farm; or that non-cash benefits are also received by some nonfarm residents which often take the form of the use of business transportation and facilities, full or partial payments by business for retirement programs, medical and educational expenses, etc. These elements should be considered when comparing income levels. Moreover, readers should be aware that for many different reasons there is a tendency in household surveys for respondents to underreport their income. From an analysis of independently derived income estimates, it has been determined that income earned from wages or salaries is much better reported than other sources of income, and is nearly equal to independent estimates of aggregate income.

Median income

Median income is the amount which divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having incomes above the median, half having incomes below the median. The medians for households, families, and unrelated individuals are based on all households, families, and unrelated individuals. The medians for persons are based on persons 15 years old and over with income.

Mean income

Mean income is the amount obtained by dividing the total aggregate income of a group by the number of units in that group. The means for households, families, and unrelated individuals are based on all households, families, and unrelated individuals. The means for persons are based on persons 15 years old and over with income.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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