Table 3.
Widowed, Divorced, and Never-Married Boomers’ Characteristics by Gender in 2009 (Weighted, Age Standardized Estimates)
| Women |
Men |
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| Widowed | Divorced | Never-Married | Widowed | Divorced | Never-Married | |||||||
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Race and ethnicity (%) | ||||||||||||
| White | 63.10 | 67.86 | 55.52 | 66.80 | # | 72.61 | 66.75 | # | ||||
| Black | 17.67 | 16.21 | 27.31 | 15.56 | # | 13.30 | 17.57 | # | ||||
| Hispanic | 11.77 | &# | 11.00 | & | 12.05 | # | 11.98 | # | 10.02 | 11.07 | # | |
| Others | 7.46 | 4.93 | ^ | 5.11 | ^ | 5.66 | # | 4.07 | 4.61 | # | ||
| Foreign born (%) | 16.35 | 12.26 | ^ | 12.66 | ^ | 12.72 | 9.93 | 10.61 | ||||
| Educational attainment (%) | ||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 19.24 | 12.30 | 15.19 | 20.38 | 14.38 | 17.78 | ||||||
| High school graduate | 32.14 | 28.68 | 25.73 | 34.15 | & | 34.33 | & | 30.81 | ||||
| Some college | 31.65 | 35.82 | 27.83 | 26.99 | # | 30.86 | 26.08 | # | ||||
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 16.97 | 23.20 | 31.25 | 18.47 | & | 20.44 | & | 25.34 | ||||
| Economic resources (in the past 12 months) | ||||||||||||
| Worked (%) | 64.89 | 76.06 | 70.63 | 71.45 | 75.87 | 68.34 | ||||||
| Mean household income | $49,473 | $53,949 | $57,733 | $61,577 | &# | $61,983 | & | $58,280 | # | |||
| Lived in poverty (%) | 21.13 | # | 19.63 | 20.39 | # | 16.97 | & | 15.71 | & | 20.24 | ||
| Received food stamps, public assistance, or SSI (%) | 21.81 | # | 20.36 | 21.42 | # | 18.48 | # | 15.91 | 19.29 | # | ||
| Health | ||||||||||||
| Disability (%) | 24.54 | 20.76 | 22.48 | 23.56 | # | 20.80 | 22.53 | # | ||||
| Had health insurance (%) | 77.78 | 79.67 | 81.65 | 76.52 | & | 74.91 | &^ | 74.15 | ^ | |||
| Household composition and living arrangements | ||||||||||||
| Household size | 2.41 | 2.23 | ^ | 2.21 | ^ | 2.35 | 2.05 | ^ | 2.07 | ^ | ||
| Multigenerational household (%) = | 13.71 | 10.19 | 7.78 | 8.86 | 4.64 | 3.59 | ||||||
| Living arrangements (%)a | ||||||||||||
| Alone | 44.27 | 47.91 | 58.48 | 47.95 | 62.80 | 72.99 | ||||||
| Unmarried partner | 5.54 | 7.37 | 7.99 | 7.76 | 12.20 | 10.17 | ||||||
| Unmarried partner only | 57.93 | 64.49 | ^ | 67.54 | ^ | 52.73 | & | 59.26 | & | 68.89 | ||
| Unmarried partner + child | 35.88 | 28.76 | 23.72 | 39.63 | 28.34 | 21.68 | ||||||
| Unmarried partner + others | 6.18 | &# | 6.75 | &^ | 8.73 | # ^ | 7.63 | &# | 12.40 | & | 9.42 | # |
| Child (without partner) | 42.17 | 37.08 | 19.86 | 37.03 | 17.71 | 3.43 | ||||||
| Others | 8.02 | & | 7.65 | & | 13.67 | 7.26 | & | 7.29 | & | 13.41 | ||
| Unweighted N | 21,169 | 85,692 | 35,937 | 5,529 | 62,576 | 40,283 | ||||||
| Weighted % | 14.09 | 59.50 | 26.41 | 4.84 | 56.89 | 38.27 | ||||||
Notes: Individuals living in group quarters are excluded from the tabulation. All estimates are adjusted by age. All group comparisons are statistically significant at p < .01 level except for the comparisons that are indicated by & (between widowed and divorced persons), by # (between widowed and never-married persons), or by ^ (between divorced and never-married persons). SSI = supplemental security income.
a
The information is limited to householders only.