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Total Family Income by Marital Status

By Jade S. Pernell SOWK 300, Section 2 Fall 2011 Exercise #5

Variables & Values


Variables Dependent Variable Name Family Income Values 24,999 or less 25,000 to 39,000 40,000 to 59,999 60,000 or more Married Widowed Divorced Separate Never Married Male Female

Independent Variable

Martial Status

Control Variable

Sex

Hypothesis and Rationale Bivariate


The amount of money an individual makes is correlated to marital status. The marital status will determine a higher level of income.

Family Income

Marital Status

Hypothesis and Rationale Multivariate


The amount of money an individual makes is correlated to marital status. The marital status will determine a higher level of income. In this way , a larger percentage of respondents who are married will have family incomes of 60,000 or more compared to those who are of single marital status.
Sex

Marital Status

Family Income

Findings: Bivariate Table


Family Income By Marital Status
Marital Status

Income

Married

Widowed

Divorced

Separate

Never Married

Totals

24,999 or less 25,000 to 39,000 40,000 to 59,999 60,000 or more Totals (N)

24.2
21.3

66.7
10.3

58.7
18.8

62.5
17.5

46.5
23.4

39.0
20.0

20.4
34.2 53.0 (795)

3.0
20.0 11.0 (145)

13.1
9.4 14.2 (213)

2.5
17.5 2.7 (40)

11.9
18.2 19.1 (286)

15.3
25.6 100 1,479

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Findings : Multivariate Table


Family Income by Marital Status by Gender
Female Respondents
Income Married Widowed Divorced Separate Never Married Totals 24,999 or less 25,000 to 39,000 40,000 to 59,999 60,000 or more Totals (N) 24.3 20.4 19.7 35.7 48.0 (412) 65.7 9.7 3.0 21.6 15.6 (134) 59.4 17.4 13.9 9.4 16.1 (138) 67.7 12.9 3.2 16.1 3.6 (31) 48.6 22.2 4.9 24.3 16.8 (144) 42.0 18.3 13.0 26.7 100 (859)

Male Respondents 24,999 or less 25,000 to 39,000 40,000 to 59,999 60,000 or more Totals 24.0 22.2 21.1 32.6 59.8 71.0 12.9 3.2 12.9 4.8 57.3 21.3 12.0 9.3 11.7 22.2 1.4 44.4 33.3 44.4 24.6 19.0 12.0 22.2 35.0 22.3 18.4 24.2 100

(N)

(383)

(31)

(75)

(9)

(142)

640

Bivariate Graph & Discussion


Family Income By Marital Status
80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Married Widowed Divorced Separate Never Married
34 .2 percent of the married respondents had family incomes of $60,000 or more compared to 18.2 of those had never been married

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

The amount of income that flows into a household is directly linked to marital status

Multivariate Graph &Discussion


Family Income by Marital Status By Gender 60 40 20 0

Male Female

Female Male

The beneficial effects of Marital status on Income were greater for Males than Females

59.8 percent of the Married Males had family incomes of 60,000 or more compared to 48.0 Married Females

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