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This finding looks at the relationship between marital status and the likelihood of attaining affluence.

Among individuals between the ages of 45 and 65, marriage was associated with greater likelihood of attaining affluence, defined as the family’s income being ten times the poverty threshold for a given year, over a number of years. Some 53 percent of older married individuals have experienced affluence for five or more years compared to 38 percent of their peers who were not married.

Sample or Data Description
Data came from the 1968-1992 waves of Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID), a nationally representative sample.

Source
"Does Marriage Increase the Odds Of Affluence? Exploring the Life Course Probabilities."
Hirschl, T. A.
Altobelli, J., & Rank, M. R.
Journal of Marriage and Family Vol. 65, Number . , 2003. Page(s) 927 – 938.

FindingID: 8554