Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship of family structure and household wealth.

The mean net worth of married-couple households ($187,102) was substantially higher than that of cohabitant households ($77,093), male-headed households ($92,045) and female-headed households ($48,726), which was the lowest of all family structures.


Sample or Data Description
Data from Wave 8 of the 2001 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Panel


Source
"Asset Holding and Net Worth among Households with Children: Differences by Household Type"
Grinstein-Weiss, Michal
Yeo, Yeong Hun, Zhan, Min; and Pajarita, Charles
Children and Youth Services Review Vol. 30, Number . , 2008. Page(s) 62-78.


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