Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between family structure and mothers’ per-capita income.

On average, never-married and divorced mothers had much lower per-capita family incomes compared to married mothers regardless of their living arrangements. Cohabiting single-mothers did the best among non-married mothers but still had lower per-capita incomes than married mothers.


Sample or Data Description
The U.S. data were drawn from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a nationally representative survey. This study used the March 1996 wave of the CPS and included 13,003 mothers between the ages of 18 and 41.


Source
"Living Arrangements, Employment Status, and the Economic Well-Being of Mothers: Evidence from Brazil, Chile, and the U.S."
Light, A.
Ureta, M.
Journal of Family and Economic Issues Vol. 25, Number . , 2004. Page(s) 301 – 334.


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