Civic ReportNo. 35 March 2003Gaining Ground, Moving Up: The Change in the Economic Status of Single Mother Under Welfare Reform
Table C-3: Characteristics of Single Mothers, Ages 18–44, Total & By Quintile
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
% ages 18–24
All single mothers
19.6
18.7
19.4
18.3
18.9
19.0
19.2
19.8
20.5
20.8
Lowest quintile
42.3
39.1
43.4
37.2
37.5
39.0
38.8
40.4
34.8
37.3
43.9
Second quintile
24.9
28.8
25.0
25.8
26.7
23.3
27.5
26.8
28.1
29.1
26.0
Third quintile
17.1
14.8
17.8
16.1
17.9
19.7
16.7
17.5
19.5
16.9
16.6
Fourth quintile
9.8
9.4
9.1
10.6
9.5
10.2
10.8
11.3
9.9
13.3
13.0
14.3
Highest quintile
2.0
2.2
2.4
2.1
3.1
3.3
4.1
3.7
2.7
% HS dropout
26.4
25.1
26.1
25.5
23.8
23.9
22.6
22.2
21.4
20.9
20.0
43.7
45.0
44.7
41.8
39.7
40.2
40.0
44.3
41.9
42.5
41.0
37.7
34.1
34.7
33.9
35.0
30.7
33.7
29.6
29.0
24.2
26.9
23.1
25.3
24.6
24.5
20.3
22.0
18.5
18.6
12.3
11.6
13.7
12.7
12.4
11.9
9.0
10.4
9.6
5.1
3.5
3.6
3.8
3.4
3.0
% living with extended family 1)
29.5
29.7
30.5
29.8
30.2
31.4
30.8
30.9
31.2
30.0
41.1
40.3
43.8
41.3
39.8
37.0
44.1
47.4
46.0
41.7
43.1
46.9
42.8
25.9
27.0
29.2
27.9
27.6
28.2
27.3
32.1
26.2
27.7
25.7
28.6
28.4
28.5
27.4
27.2
32.8
30.3
24.8
21.6
23.7
25.6
22.7
22.5
20.6
% foreign-born, non-citizen
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7.0
7.4
7.8
6.9
7.3
7.5
9.7
10.1
12.1
13.6
11.2
12.6
8.1
8.5
8.8
7.2
8.6
11.0
9.2
7.9
6.5
6.7
4.7
5.4
6.0
4.9
4.5
3.9
4.4
3.2
1.8
1) Extended family is defined as single mother family living with related adults or families.
Note: Characteristics are as of March of the year shown; calculated from micro data files, CPS March Supplement.
[Appendix Table A][Appendix: Table B-1][Appendix Table B-2][Appendix Table C-1][Appendix Table C-2][Appendix Table C-3][Appendix Table D-1][Appendix Table D-2][Appendix Table E]