Marital Status 1

Running head: MARITAL STATUS BY INCOME

Exercise #4

Marital Status by Income: Total Family Income

Lenthina Delaire

SOWK 300- 02 T-TH 7:30-9am

September 25, 2010

Ms .McArthur
 Marital Status 2

Bivariate Table

Marital Status by Total Family Income

Income

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MARITAL 24,999/less 25,000 – 39,999 40,000 -59,999 60,000/more Totals

Married 32.8 56.3 70.4 70.8 53.0

Widowed 18.0 5.7 2.2 8.5 11.0

Divorce 21.4 13.3 12.2 5.2 14.2

Separated 4.3 2.3 0.4 1.8 2.7

Never married 22.7 22.3 14.8 13.5 19.1

Totals 39.0 20.0 15.3 25.6 100.0

Source: social work 300 SPSS Data Table NO.8

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Multivariate Table

Marital Status by Total Family Income: controlling for R’s race.

Income

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MARITAL 24,999/less 25,000 – 39,999 40,000 -59,999 60,000/more Totals

White

Married 33.9 58.4 72.4 72.7 55.4

Widowed 18.5 6.7 2.0 8.7 10.8

Divorce 23.2 14.7 12.3 4.2 14.6

Separated 3.0 1.2 0.5 1.2 1.8

Never married 21.5 19.2 12.8 13.2 17.4

Totals 37.1 20.3 16.1 26.5 100.0

Black

Married 23.9 34.4 58.8 56.7 35.3

Widowed 21.5 0.0 0.0 13.3 13.8

Divorce 15.9 6.3 11.8 10.0 12.6

Separated 11.4 12.5 0.0 10.0 10.2

Never married 27.3 46.9 2948 10.0 28.1

Totals 52.7 19.2 10.2 18.0 100.0

Source: social work 300 SPSS Data Table NO.8