Martial Status by Income 4 Total Family Income

By Shanice Elliott
Computer Applications, SOWK300-02, Exercise #5

Variables and Values

Variables Dependent Variable Name
Family Income

Values
24,999 or less 25,000 to 39,999 40,000 to 59,999 60,000 or more Married Widowed Divorced Separated Never Married White Black

Independent Variable

Marital Status

Control Variable

Race

Hypothesis & Rationale Bivariate

The marital status of a person determines the income that he or she recieves for their family. If a person marital status is married then the higher his or her income will be. If a person marital status is never married or separated then his/her income will be low. Therefore a larger respondent who is married will have a income of 60,000 or more compared to those who are separated.

Marital Status

Family Income

Hypothesis & Rationale Multivariate

The relationship between marital status and income will be somewhat similar to the original bivariate relationship of whites and blacks, but it will be higher for whites than blacks. Being married increases a higher income for both whites and black but more so for whites. Therefore a larger percentage of whites who are married will have an income of 60,000 or more compared to blacks with the same marital status.
Race

Marital Status

Family Income

Findings: Bivariate Table

Family Income by Marital Status
Family Income 24,999 or less 25,000 to 39,999 40,000 to 59,999 60,000 or more Never Married Widowed Divorced Separated Married 32.80% 56.30% 70.40% 70.80% 18.80% 5.70% 2.20% 8.60% 21.40% 13.30% 12.20% 5.20% 4.30% 2.30% 0.40% 1.80% 22.70% 22.30% 14.80% 13.50%

Findings: Multivariate Table

Family Income By Marital Status by Race
White Respondents
Marital Status Family Income Married 24,999 or less 33.90% 25,000 to 39,999 40,000 to 59,999 60,000 or more 58.40% 72.40% 72.70% Never Married 21.50% 19.20% 12.80% 13.20%

Black Respondents
Marital Status Family Income 24,999 or less 25,000 to 39,999 40,000 to 59,999 60,000 or more Married 23.90% 34.40% Never Married 27.30% 46.90%

58.80%
56.70%

29.40%
10.00%

Bivariate Graph & Discussion

Percentage of Family Income

Relationship between Family Income and Marital Status Percentage of Family Income by Marital Status 80.00%
60.00% 40.00% 20.00% 0.00%
24,999 or less
25,000 to 39,999 40,000 to 59,999 60,000 or more

Marital Status
If a person has a Marital Status of Married then the higher their Family income will be. If a person has a marital status of Widowed or separated then the lower their income will be. If a person has a marital status of divorced or never married then their income will be about average. This graph goes to show that people shouldn't get married if they dont plan on staying in a committed relationship because itll effect their family income 70.8% of the respondents with a marital status of married has a family income of 60,000 or more. 13.5% of the respondents with a Marital status of never married that also has a Family income of 60,000 or more. As you can see your marital status determine the income that you will receive. If your marital status was separated as you can see only .4% receives a income of 40,000 to 59,999 compared to being married 70.4% receives the same income.

Multivariate Graph & Discussion

Relationship between Family Income & Marital Status by Race
Percentage of Family Income by Marital Status by Race
Percentage of Family Income

100.00% 50.00% 0.00%

60,000 or more 40,000 to 59,999 25,00 to 39,999 24,999 or less

Marital Status
The beneficial effect of marital status on income Is greater for white respondents than for black respondents. If you have a marital status of married and your white than your income will be higher then someone that is married and black. If you are black married and you get a divorce, your family income will be effected more than a white divorced couple. This graph shows that a race of white with any marital status will have a better family income then one of the race black. 72.7% of whites has a income of 60,000 or more with a Marital status of married compared to 56.7% of blacks With the same marital status. In some rare cases Respondents with the race of black family come is higher Compared to respondents with a race of white. Like 28.1% Of blacks has a high income with a marital status of never Married compared to 17.4% of whites with the same Marital status.