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Show Women's Income and Earnings 126 Equally striking differences between total money income of woen and men are revealed when the percentages are compared at various income levels. For example, in 1964, 40 percent of' the women, but only 14 percent of the men, had an income below $1,000; and 59 per only 25 percent of the men, had less than At the upper end of the income scale, only 10 percent of the cent of the women, but $2,000. women, but 47 percent of the men, had an income of $5,000 or more. Table 58.-INCOME OF WOMEN AND MEN, 1964 (Persons 14 years of age and over) Total money income Wage or salary income Men Women Men 41,104 58,533 29,453 47,389 $1,449 $4,647 $1,909 $5,015 100.0 100.0 100.0 40.0 14. 2 35.7 15.5 18.8 10. 9 15.6 7. 6 13.3 8.9 14.8 6. l' 10.6 9. 4 13.3 9. 6 7.6 9.8 9.6 10.5 9.7 46.8 11.0 Women TOTAL INCOME RECIPIENTS Number (in thousands) _ Percent of population _ Median income _ 59.7 91. 4 42.2 74. 0 Percent distribution TotaL ________ Under $1,000 $1,000 to $1,999 $2,000 to $2,999 $3,000 to $3,999 $4,000 to $4,999 $5,000 and over ,.. _____________ ______________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ 100.0 50.2 YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME WORKERS Percent of total income recipients Median income Source: U.S. No. 47. _ _ 28.2 59.5 38.3 65. 9 $3,710 $6,283 $3,690 $6,195 Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: Current Population Reports, P-60, Trends in. income diffe1'enees.-It is not unexpected that women receive a smaller average annual income than do men when total wage and salary incomes are compared, since a much smaller proportion of women than men work full time the year round. In 1964, for instance, only 37 percent of the women, but 66 percent of the men, were full-time year-round workers. (For a discussion of women's and work part-time patterns, see sections 36 and 37.) part-year - However, a comparison of median wage and salary incomes 'Of full time year-round women and men workers reveals that the incomes of |
