Income and Family Events
Family Income, Family Size, and Consumption
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2586832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillips Cutright (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 161 |
| Publication date | 1971-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/350162 |
| OpenAlex | W2046521560 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 4 |
U.S. census data were analyzed in order to relate family income family size and per family member consumption. Among wives under 25 years a higher proportion of white than nonwhite wives had some 1959 income in families in which the husbands income was less than $5999. Among wives 25-44 a higher proportion of nonwhite than white wives had some 1959 income at each level of the husbands income (up to $14999). The percentage of wives contributing income declines as the husbands income passes the $5000 level among whites and the $7000 level among nonwhites. Among both younger and older wives a smaller proportion of nonwhite than white wives had an income which was competitive with their husbands income tending to disprove the theory that increased marital instability among nonwhites is due to the economic power of the nonwhite wife. The difference in percentage of nonwhite families with other adults in the household and white families with other adults increases in the higher income intervals. While 55% of the older nonwhite families in the $10000-$14999 interval had other adults present these other adults contributed only 22% of the aggregate family income indicating a negative effect of other adults. The larger family size of nonwhite families with income over $5000 is a result of a larger number of other adults rather than more children. Three definitions of poverty were developed in order to set per person consumption standards with which to evaluate effects of family income. Declining food expenditure per person with increasing family size was found in every income interval (up to $14999). In 1960-1961 a 4 person urban family needed about $5000 disposable income before it achieved an adequate per person food consumption of $329 per year. A casual model was developed which showed that only a limited number of factors--husband-wife income number of children number of other adults--need be changed to alter per person consumption. The higher income nonwhite family is less likely to be in fully adequate housing than white families in the lowest income intervals
Consumption (sociology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Family income · Geography · Gross income · Household income · Marital status · Permanent income hypothesis · Population · Poverty · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Total personal income · Wife · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
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Life Domain Predictors of Satisfaction with Personal Efficacy
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1973 - 1980 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |