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Show Women's Income and Earnings 124 labor force, many can work only part time or part of the year because of continued home responsibilities. 'I'hus-vwhether clerical workers, operatives, or professional workers---they will have lost ground in terms of job seniority and work experience to qualify for .promotions at the same rate as men. Income of Families and Women 59. Family Income The 47.8 million families in the Nation had a median income of $6,569 in 1964 (table 57). About one-tenth of the families received M two- fifths received $7,000 or more. The median income of families has 'been rising steadily. In 1964 it was 151 percent more than in 1945 ($2,621). One factor responsible for the higher family income was the in crease in the proportion of families with more than one wage earner .At the same time there was no change in the proportion of families . In 1964, 43 percent of all families had one 37 had two earner, percent earners, 12 percent had three or more earn 8 had no earner. and percent ers, By comparison, in 1945, 59 percent of all families had only one earner, 34 percent had two or more earners, and 8 percent had none. The earnings of family members provide the sole income for a without a wage earner. majority of families, and most earnings are in the form of wages Table 57.-INCOME OF FAMILIES, BY TYPE OF FAMILY, 1964 Median income Type of family All families aleead Number ______________ 47,835,000 Families headed by Percent distri bution families 100.0 $6,569 Total year-round full-time worker $7, 720 -- _____________________ Married (wife present) Wife in labor force ______ ________ Wife not in labor force Other marital status Female head ____ ________ ___________________ 42,829,000 89.5 6,883 7,826 41,647,00 87.1 6,932 8,170 6,338 5, 792 3, 458 7,838 9,045 1,296 7, 122 5,079 13,647,000 28,000,000 1,182,000 5,006,000 28.5 58.5 2. 5 10.5 Source: u.s. Department of Commerce, Bureau Qf the Census: Current Population Reports, P-OO, No. 47. |
