Table 4. Income packaging by grandparent presence, children in mother-only families, 2001.

Panel A: by type of recipient
	With no grandparents in the household		With one grandparent in the household		With two grandparents in the household
Recipient of income	Mean	% having income from this individual	Mean	% having income from this individual	Mean	% having income from this individual
Mother	$20,958	96%	$13,674	87%	$14,217	87%
Grandparent	n/a	n/a	$16,566	90%	$42,092	99%
Someone else	$6,660	36%	$6,457	38%	$7,327	43%
Household income	$27,619		$36,697		$63,635
Panel B: by source of income
	With no grandparents in the household		With one grandparent in the household		With two grandparents in the household
Source of income	Mean	% having income from this source	Mean	% having income from this source	Mean	% having income from this source
Earnings	$22,411	84%	$27,344	86%	$53,237	96%
Property	$264	31%	$589	41%	$690	54%
Means-tested cash transfers	$1,164	21%	$2,235	32%	$1,407	20%
Other	$3,780	51%	$6,529	65%	$8,301	67%
Household income	$27,619		$36,697		$63,635

Note: Calculated by the authors from Wave 1 microdata file of the 2001 Survey of Income and Program Participation. The unit of analysis is children under age 18 in mother-only families. Excluded from the sample are children who have ever been married, and children who are non-relatives of householder or who head a household themselves. Incomes are reported monthly; values in the table are based on the sum of reports across the four months prior to interview, multiplied by three for annual equivalents