Table 1.
Relative Risk Ratio of Aggregated Income Being Lower Than the Omnibus Income, and Aggregated Income Being Higher Than the Omnibus Income, Relative to There Being No Difference between the Two
| Relative Risk Ratios with the Same Category as the Reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Covariates | Risk of Aggregated Being Lower Than Omnibus | Risk of Aggregated Being Higher Than Omnibus |
| High school degree | 1.07 | 1.31*** |
| Some college | 1.02 | 1.24** |
| College degree | 0.79* | 1.42*** |
| White | 0.76*** | 0.89 |
| Male | 0.96 | 1.01 |
| At least good health | 1.05 | 0.90 |
| Married | 0.59*** | 1.20** |
| Two people in family | 0.88 | 2.23*** |
| Three or more people in family | 0.70*** | 3.03*** |
| Metro area resident | 1.02 | 1.13* |
| Born U.S. citizen | 0.83* | 1.06 |
| Income type | ||
| Alimony | 1.15 | 2.13 |
| Child support | 1.13 | 1.17 |
| Disability | 0.91 | 1.85* |
| Dividends | 0.74*** | 1.33*** |
| Educational assistance | 1.17 | 1.82*** |
| Financial assistance | 3.84*** | 3.00*** |
| Farm income | 1.18 | 1.27 |
| Interest | 0.63*** | 1.14* |
| Other income | 0.82 | 1.27 |
| Public assistance | 3.45*** | 0.86 |
| Retirement | 0.68*** | 1.89*** |
| Rental | 1.20 | 1.38** |
| Self-employment | 0.94 | 2.45*** |
| SSI income | 0.71 | 1.01 |
| Social security | 1.16 | 2.38*** |
| Survivor | 0.73 | 1.47* |
| Unemployment compensation | 1.16 | 1.32* |
| Veterans | 0.79 | 1.90** |
| Workers compensation | 0.92 | 1.95** |
| Wage/salary | 0.37*** | 2.15*** |
| Additional income mismatch covariates | ||
| Aggregated includes imputed amount(s) | 1.29*** | 1.63*** |
| Includes earnings of someone under 24 | 0.82* | 1.99*** |
Source: 2001 Current Population Survey Annual Demographic Supplement.
*
p<.05;
**
p<.01;
***
p<.001.
n=16,739 (weighted n=22,954,000).