Civic Report
No. 35 March 2003

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