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This finding compares the average income of the male members of married-couple families with that of the male in co-habiting families.

Based on the 1990 census, the average income of males in married-couple families ($34,533) was twice that of males in co-habiting couple families ($17,889).

Sample or Data Description
Data come from the 5-percent sample of Public Use Microdata Data Sample (PUMS) of the 1990 decennial census.

Source
"Parental Cohabitation and Children's Economic Well-Being"
Manning, Wendy D.
Lichter, Daniel T.
Journal of Marriage and the Family Vol. 58, Number 4. November, 1996. Page(s) 998-1010.

FindingID: 7197