Civic Report
No. 35 March 2003

Table 7: Changes in the Receipt, Amount, and Share of Annual Own Cash Income and Its Components: Single Mothers, Ages 18–44 (income in 2001 dollars)   Percent receiving income from source Mean amount received by recipients Income Source: 1993 1995 1997 2000 1993 1995 1997 2000 Earnings 68.7 72.8 77.9 83.6 17,556 18,577 18,482 21,450 Welfare 35.1 28.8 22.6 12.9 4,565 4,450 3,788 3,606 SSI/Soc. Sec. 9.3 10.1 8.8 7.6 7,299 7,225 8,108 7,690 Child support 1) 29.6 31.7 29.7 32.3 4,182 4,033 4,064 4,750 Other cash inc. 40.5 40.7 37.0 38.5 2,639 2,511 2,873 2,325 Any cash inc. 96.5 95.5 95.2 95.0 17,247 18,663 19,163 22,565 EITC 48.8 53.5 59.3 62.1 1,107 1,830 2,043 2,044 Any cash plus EITC 96.5 95.5 95.2 95.0 17,801 19,695 20,429 23,906                     Mean cash income including those with zero income from source Percent share of aggregate cash income from source Income Source: 1993 1995 1997 2000 1993 1995 1997 2000 Earnings 12,055 13,523 14,407 17,940 70.2 71.9 74.1 79.0 Welfare 1,607 1,266 851 464 9.3 6.7 4.4 2.0 SSI/Soc. Sec. 681 734 713 584 4.0 3.9 3.7 2.6 Child support 1) 1,234 1,277 1,202 1,535 7.2 6.8 6.2 6.8 Other cash inc. 1,075 1,021 1,064 896 6.2 5.4 5.5 4.0 Subtotal 16,641 17,833 18,237 21,436 96.9 94.8 93.8 94.4 EITC 543 979 1,213 1,269 3.1 5.2 6.2 5.6 Total with EITC 17,184 18,812 19,450 22,705 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1) Item includes alimony. Source: Calculated from micro data files, March CPS.

Table 8: Changes in the Receipt, Amount, and Share of Own Cash Income and Its Components: High School Dropouts (single mothers, income in 2001 dollars)   Percent receiving income from source Mean amount received by recipients Income Source: 1993 1995 1997 2000 1993 1995 1997 2000 Earnings 44.1 49.7 55.8 67.9 9,395 9,842 9,267 12,048 Welfare 56.3 47.8 41.6 25.9 4,714 4,714 4,203 3,892 SSI/Soc. Sec. 12.9 14.3 12.1 13.5 6,299 6,895 7,640 5,586 Child support 1) 17.2 18.2 18.0 18.8 1,926 2,522 2,649 3,029 Other cash inc. 16.0 15.9 16.1 18.2 2,713 1,756 2,383 1,571 Any cash inc. 92.9 91.2 89.4 89.6 9,023 9,714 9,736 12,083 EITC 35.9 42.7 48.4 60.2 1,149 2,032 2,256 2,229 Any cash plus EITC 92.9 91.2 89.4 89.6 9,459 10,672 10,959 13,581                     Mean cash income including those with zero income from source Percent share of aggregate cash income from source Income Source: 1993 1995 1997 2000 1993 1995 1997 2000 Earnings 4,139 4,894 5,171 8,186 47.1 50.3 52.7 67.3 Welfare 2,649 2,256 1,745 1,008 30.2 23.1 17.9 8.3 SSI/Soc. Sec. 819 979 926 755 9.3 10.1 9.5 6.2 Child support 1) 330 458 479 568 3.8 4.7 4.9 4.7 Other cash inc. 436 277 383 286 4.9 2.9 3.9 2.4 Subtotal 8,374 8,863 8,704 10,825 95.3 91.1 88.9 89.0 EITC 415 872 1,096 1,343 4.7 8.9 11.1 11.0 Total with EITC 8,789 9,736 9,789 12,167 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1) Item includes alimony. Source: Calculated from micro data files, March CPS.

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