Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample households and heads of households (in percent)

		Head of Household
Characteristic	Value	Female N = 446	Male N = 335	Female and Male N = 940
				Female	Male
Age (Years)	14-18	0.0	1.5	0.2	0.4
	19-30	20.2	16.5	17.7	13.9
	31-50	64.8	71.2	74.3	72.0
	> 50	15.0	10.8	7.8	13.7
Race/Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic White	52.5	68.5	73.5
	Non-Hispanic Black	29.2	9.9	9.1
	Non-Hispanic Asian	1.4	2.7	3.3
	Non-Hispanic Other	2.7	1.5	0.9
	Mexican-American	5.2	7.2	7.6
	Other Hispanic	9.2	10.2	5.6
Education	Less than High School	22.2	18.2	12.4	13.9
	High School	37.1	32.5	38.2	35.0
	More than High School	40.7	49.2	49.4	51.2
Employed		62.8	86.5	66.4	90.2
Poverty Income	< 1.3	50.7	100.0	18.6
Ratio	1.31-3.5	31.6		46.7
	> 3.5	17.7		34.7
% female children		64.6	60.4	68.4
# Children in household	1	48.0	55.6	40.1
	2	32.1	32.4	37.7
	3	13.9	7.8	15.2
	4	3.8	3.3	5.3
	5-8	2.2	0.9	1.7
Age of children	2-5	26.1	38.3	25.6
	6-11	34.8	35.5	35.2
	12-18	39.1	26.3	39.2