Table 1.
Baby Boomers’ Characteristics by Marital Status in 2009 (Weighted Estimates)
| All | Unmarried | Married | |
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Women (%) | 51.55 | 55.84 | 49.33 |
| Early Boomers, aged 54–63 (%) | 47.40 | 46.03 | 48.11 |
| Race and ethnicity (%) | |||
| White | 72.83 | 66.57 | 76.07 |
| Black | 10.76 | 17.57 | 7.24 |
| Hispanic | 10.31 | 10.96 | 9.97 |
| Others | 6.10 | 4.91 | 6.71 |
| Foreign-born (%) | 14.44 | 11.74 | 15.83 |
| Educational attainment (%) | |||
| Less than high school | 11.85 | 14.85 | 10.30 |
| High school graduate | 28.69 | 30.48 | 27.77 |
| Some college | 30.45 | 31.30 | 30.00 |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 29.01 | 23.36 | 31.93 |
| Economic resources (in the past 12 months) | |||
| Worked (%) | 77.07 | 72.87 | 79.25 |
| Mean household income | $89,266 | $57,210 | $105,866 |
| Lived in poverty (%) | 9.20 | 18.83 | 4.21 |
| Received food stamps, public assistance, or SSI (%) | 10.31 | 19.23 | 5.70 |
| Health | |||
| Disability (%) | 14.72 | 21.68 | 11.12 |
| Had health insurance (%) | 85.87 | 77.72 | 90.10 |
| Household composition and living arrangements | |||
| Household size | 2.75 | 2.17 | 3.05 |
| Multigenerational household (%) | 6.56 | 7.64 | 5.99 |
| Living arrangements (%)a | |||
| Alone | 25.61 | 57.07 | |
| Spouse | 54.89 | 96.45 | |
| Spouse only | 46.16 | ||
| Spouse + child | 50.55 | ||
| Spouse + others | 3.29 | ||
| Unmarried partner | 3.80 | 8.82 | |
| Unmarried partner only | 61.68 | ||
| Unmarried partner + child | 28.94 | ||
| Unmarried partner + others | 9.39 | ||
| Child (without spouse or partner) | 11.46 | 24.83 | |
| Others | 4.25 | 9.29 | 3.55 |
| Unweighted N | 819,640 | 251,186 | 568,454 |
| Weighted % | 100.00 | 34.12 | 65.88 |
Notes: Individuals living in group quarters are excluded from the tabulation. All comparisons between married and unmarried persons are statistically significant at p < .01 level. SSI = supplemental security income.
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The information is limited to householders only.