Section 15.3.5

15.3.5 - Having Seniors or Children and Income in 2000

Income and Household Structure. As shown in Table 15.3.5, there are considerable differences in income between households with different household structures.

Table 15.3.5

HAVING SENIORS OR CHILDREN AND INCOME IN 2000
Households with Seniors and/or Children

	All Households	Households with Seniors and Children	Households with Seniors and no Children	Households with Children and no Seniors	One-Person Households with Neither Children nor Seniors	Two or More People Households with Neither Children nor Seniors
0% (no income)	5.1%	1.8%	2.3%	2.6%	10.8%	3.9%
1-50%	25.1%	32.8%	11.0%	35.9%	21.3%	22.8%
51-75%	20.9%	33.1%	15.2%	22.8%	20.1%	23.1%
76-100%	19.4%	13.1%	27.1%	14.2%	20.8%	20.7%
101-130%	13.3%	8.6%	23.0%	13.3%	7.6%	12.3%
SUBTOTAL¹	83.7%	89.3%	78.6%	88.7%	80.6%	82.8%
131-150%	4.9%	2.8%	8.6%	3.2%	5.0%	4.0%
151-185%	5.1%	5.6%	5.3%	4.8%	5.7%	3.7%
186% or higher	6.4%	2.3%	7.5%	3.2%	8.7%	9.5%
SUBTOTAL	16.3%	10.7%	21.4%	11.3%	19.4%	17.2%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	28,738	730	5,004	10,308	8,951	3,745

Notes
Item nonresponses to all variables involved were excluded in calculating percentages and sample sizes.

Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 28) at the 1% level.

Key findings include:

Households with children and no seniors are considerably more likely to be at or below 50% of the poverty level. 38.5% of households with children are in this category, compared to 30.2% of all households in the population.
Among A2H clients, households with seniors and no children tend to have relatively higher incomes, although 55.6% are below the poverty level.