Changes in Median Household Income: 1969 to 1996 - Table 3

Table 3. Percent Distribution and Selected Characteristics of Householders and Husbands and Wives: 1969 and 1996

	Percent distribution of householders		Percent of householders (or husbands or wives) working year-round full-time		Percent of householders (or husbands or wives) with a college degree
	1969	1996	1969	1996	1969	1996
All householders	100.0	100.0	59.4	52.2	13.1	24.5
Married-couple with children Husbands Wives	41.2	25.9	80.1 16.6	81.1 39.2	16.0 8.2	28.9 25.5
Male householder with children, no spouse	0.7	2.0	62.3	65.4	10.0	11.8
Female householder with children, no spouse	5.2	8.9	30.3	44.0	4.2	10.4
Married-couple, no children, householder less than 40 yrs old Husbands Wives	5.0	4.3	59.0 42.3	80.3 59.5	22.4 16.2	37.0 39.1
Married-couple, no children, householder 40 to 64 years old Husbands Wives	15.7	14.2	75.8 30.5	67.4 45.6	10.5 7.2	28.4 21.6
Married-couple, no children, householder 65 years old or over Husbands Wives	8.5	8.7	15.9 7.7	7.8 7.1	8.9 5.1	22.8 13.4
One-person household, male less than 65 years old	3.7	8.1	61.8	64.4	20.7	30.8
One-person household, female less than 65 years old	5.4	7.3	52.3	57.5	13.4	33.3
One-person household, male 65 years old or over	1.9	2.3	9.9	6.5	6.1	14.7
One-person household, female 65 years old or over	6.1	7.5	5.6	2.9	6.1	11.5
2-or-more-person household, male householder, no spouse or children	2.1	5.0	46.6	56.7	14.4	24.8
2-or-more-person household, female householder, no spouse or children	4.4	5.9	33.9	43.9	9.0	20.3