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Table 4:2

Government Benefits and Earnings for Single-Mother Families with Children in 2003 Dollars
1996 - 2003
Means-Tested Government Benefits1
Quintile 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
1 5,604 5,366 5,072 4,623 4,379 4,248 4,410 4,320
2 7,868 6,753 5,771 4,900 4,107 4,051 3,965 4,542
Earnings
Quintile 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
1 1,824 1,705 2,052 2,550 2,794 2,577 2,370 1,672
2 5,313 6,425 8,257 9,823 11,648 10,457 10,576 9,834
1/ Means-tested government benefits is the total of Supplemental Security Income, public assistance, certain veteran’s benefits, Food Stamp Program, National School Lunch Program, and housing benefits.
Note: Sorted into quintiles by comprehensive income divided by poverty line Income estimated for persons with top-coded income
Persons with negative income removed
Source: ASPE tabulations using data from the CPS, U.S. Census Bureau (1996-2004)

Last Updated on 12/11/2008
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