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Table 11: Own Cash Income and Its Major Components by Income Quintile for Single Mothers, 18–44 (income in 2001 dollars)
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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% with Item
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Mean Income from Item
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% with Item
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Mean Income from Item
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% with Item
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Mean Income from Item
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% with Item
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Mean Income from Item
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% with Item
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Mean Income from Item
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% with Item
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Mean Income from Item
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% with Item
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Mean Income from Item
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% with Item
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Mean Income from Item
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Lowest quintile
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Earnings
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34.7
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1,790
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36.8
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2,008
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34.7
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2,127
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39.2
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2,162
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40.2
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2,078
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44.7
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2,038
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45.3
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2,336
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42.7
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2,869
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Welfare benefits
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53.0
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2,860
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45.0
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2,837
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41.6
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2,574
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40.7
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2,731
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35.5
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2,621
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30.0
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2,370
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25.9
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2,570
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26.5
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2,535
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with Positive Income
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82.9
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2,982
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78.1
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3,129
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77.6
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2,948
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79.0
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3,062
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75.4
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2,969
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71.9
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2,850
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75.8
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3,004
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74.5
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3,400
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with Negative Income
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0.2
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-2,367
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0.5
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-1,517
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0.0
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0
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0.0
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0
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0.8
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-1,780
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0.3
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-1,786
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0.1
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-6,217
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0.1
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-3,660
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with ZERO Income
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16.9
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0
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21.4
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0
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22.4
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0
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21.0
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0
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23.8
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0
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27.7
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0
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24.0
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0
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25.4
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0
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Total Income including zero & neg
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100.0
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2,469
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100.0
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2,436
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100.0
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2,287
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100.0
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2,419
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100.0
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2,225
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100.0
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2,043
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100.0
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2,270
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100.0
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2,532
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Second quintile
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Earnings
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44.9
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4,250
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49.5
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5,004
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55.2
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4,866
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57.0
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5,060
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67.3
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5,728
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70.5
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6,309
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77.8
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7,151
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82.0
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7,893
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Welfare benefits
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68.3
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5,301
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63.9
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5,000
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58.8
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4,933
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56.4
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4,797
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45.1
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4,471
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42.4
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3,874
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32.4
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3,813
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23.0
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3,817
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Total Income
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100.0
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6,999
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100.0
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7,222
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100.0
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7,294
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100.0
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7,385
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100.0
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7,673
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100.0
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8,214
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100.0
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8,782
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100.0
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9,531
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Third quintile
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Earnings
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73.9
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9,402
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78.2
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9,765
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78.0
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10,371
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86.8
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10,669
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88.8
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11,019
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92.9
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12,513
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93.8
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13,772
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93.7
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14,219
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Welfare benefits
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41.2
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5,588
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40.0
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5,477
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35.5
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5,466
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26.7
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4,254
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24.3
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4,277
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17.1
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4,554
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13.7
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3,635
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10.7
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4,558
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Total Income
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100.0
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11,832
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100.0
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12,451
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100.0
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12,679
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100.0
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13,031
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100.0
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13,420
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100.0
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14,705
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100.0
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15,732
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100.0
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16,235
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Fourth quintile
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Earnings
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93.3
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17,706
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94.8
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17,458
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96.1
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17,967
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96.0
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18,686
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95.7
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19,201
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97.6
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20,399
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97.6
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21,633
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99.0
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22,540
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Welfare benefits
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11.2
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4,569
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12.9
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4,857
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9.6
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4,840
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9.3
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3,537
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7.0
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3,564
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5.6
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4,913
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4.8
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4,378
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4.4
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6,700
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Total Income
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100.0
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20,300
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100.0
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21,038
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100.0
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21,172
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100.0
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21,504
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100.0
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21,920
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100.0
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23,489
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100.0
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24,443
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100.0
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25,127
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Highest quintile
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Earnings
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97.1
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35,279
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98.0
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36,894
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97.8
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37,533
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98.4
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37,001
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97.9
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39,646
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98.7
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40,155
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98.8
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43,396
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98.9
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44,657
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Welfare benefits
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2.5
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5,184
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2.2
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7,721
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1.9
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6,740
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2.4
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5,339
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1.5
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4,296
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1.9
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3,955
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1.1
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5,137
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1.3
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2,904
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Total Income
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100.0
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41,666
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100.0
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43,025
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100.0
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43,762
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100.0
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43,015
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100.0
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45,723
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100.0
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46,336
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100.0
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50,961
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100.0
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51,397
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Note: Calculated from Microdata files, March CPS. Quintiles are based on the quintile distribution of single mothers’ own cash income. Income is the average within each quintile.
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