Civic Report
No. 35 March 2003

Table 10: Full Household Income and Its Major Components: High School Dropouts (single mothers, income in 2001 dollars)   Percent receiving income from source Mean amount received by recipients   1993 1995 1997 2000 1993 1995 1997 2000 Mother’s own cash income plus EITC 92.9 91.2 89.4 89.6 9,461 10,669 10,955 13,581 Cash income from partner and/or other household members 47.1 53.1 50.0 53.0 19,429 22,915 18,320 24,735 Household non-cash income 1) 95.2 96.0 92.2 88.7 4,815 5,234 4,516 4,181 Household pre-tax cash and non-cash income plus EITC 99.4 100.0 99.8 99.8 22,652 26,925 23,162 29,037 Total household after-tax cash and non-cash income 2) 99.4 100.0 99.8 99.8 21,061 24,651 21,599 26,343                     Mean income including those with zero income from source Percent share of aggregate cash and non-cash income from source   1993 1995 1997 2000 1993 1995 1997 2000 Mother’s own cash income plus EITC 8,788 9,730 9,793 12,167 39.0 36.2 42.4 42.0 Cash income from partner and/or other household members 9,142 12,160 9,155 13,117 40.6 45.2 39.6 45.2 Household non-cash income 1) 4,582 5,026 4,162 3,707 20.4 18.7 18.0 12.8 Household pre-tax cash and non-cash income plus EITC 22,511 26,916 23,110 28,991 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Total household after-tax cash and non-cash income 2) 20,929 24,643 21,551 26,300 — — — — 1) Non-cash income is based on Census Bureau valuations provided in the CPS of the following: employer contribution for health insurance, market value of housing subsidy, market value of food stamps, market value of school lunch, fungible value of Medicare, fungible value of Medicaid, and the amount of energy assistance. 2) Taxes paid include federal income tax, state income tax and Social Security payroll tax. We use the estimates provided in the CPS. Source: Calculated from micro data files, March CPS.

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