Civic Report
No. 35 March 2003

Table 9: Full Household Income and Its Major Components: All Single Mothers, 18–44 (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 96.5 95.5 95.0 95.0 17,811 19,691 20,466 23,906 Cash income from partner and/or other household members 44.4 48.5 47.0 48.6 24,813 26,378 26,745 31,226 Household non-cash income 1) 94.2 94.0 92.4 88.9 4,525 4,834 4,266 4,180 Household pre-tax cash and non-cash income plus EITC 99.7 99.8 99.7 99.8 32,559 36,207 36,082 41,686 Total household after-tax cash and non-cash income 2) 99.7 99.8 99.7 99.8 28,916 31,966 31,650 36,233                     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 17,183 18,808 19,448 22,705 52.9 52.0 54.1 54.6 Cash income from partner and/or other household members 11,017 12,799 12,575 15,173 33.9 35.4 35.0 36.5 Household non-cash income 1) 4,264 4,542 3,944 3,718 13.1 12.6 11.0 8.9 Household pre-tax cash and non-cash income plus EITC 32,464 36,149 35,966 41,596 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Total household after-tax cash and non-cash income 2) 28,794 31,915 31,529 36,147 — — — — 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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