Civic Report
No. 35 March 2003


Gaining Ground, Moving Up: The Change in the Economic Status of Single Mother Under Welfare Reform

Appendix Table E: Occupational Distribution and Class of Worker of Employed Single and Married Mothers by Education, 2001

 

Total

High School Dropout

High School Graduate

Some College

College Graduate

 

SM

MM

SM

MM

SM

MM

SM

MM

SM

MM

Occupation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive, Administrative, Managerial

10.9

15.1

3.9

3.6

7.9

10.9

13.4

15.5

22.8

22.5

Professional Specialty, Technicians

13.0

24.4

1.9

2.6

5.7

6.0

14.8

21.3

48.7

53.7

Administrative Support, Clerical

25.0

23.8

12.5

10.

26.2

32.0

33.0

31.3

12.8

10.2

Sales

13.5

10.9

17.9

13.8

15.6

12.9

11.1

10.6

7.3

8.0

Services

24.0

16.5

40.0

36.1

26.8

24.4

19.5

15.1

6.0

3.9

All Other Occupations

13.7

9.4

23.7

33.1

17.8

13.9

8.2

6.2

2.4

1.6

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of Worker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government, Federal

2.1

2.3

0.4

0.5

2.0

2.2

2.9

2.6

2.4

2.6

Government, State

4.0

4.5

2.0

1.0

2.8

3.3

4.8

4.4

8.6

6.7

Government, Local

6.5

10.4

3.2

3.7

4.7

7.6

6.3

7.9

17.8

17.9

Private, For-Profit

77.7

66.2

88.8

85.6

82.9

74.0

74.3

67.1

54.6

51.3

Private, Non-Profit

6.1

7.6

3.7

2.4

4.5

4.5

7.2

8.4

12.2

11.6

Self-Employed

3.6

9.1

1.9

6.9

3.1

8.3

4.5

9.7

4.5

10.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Source: Calculated from micro data files, CPS Outgoing Rotation Groups. Mothers are restricted to those ages 18–44 with own children under 18 years of age. SM=single mothers. MM=married mothers.

[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]