Changes in Median Household Income: 1969 to 1996 - Table 5b

Table 5b. Annual Rate of Percent Changes In Median Household Income by Type of Household and Specified Time Interval

	1969 to 1996	1969 to 1979	1979 to 1983	1983 to 1989	1989 to 1993	1993 to 1996
All households	.23	.48	-1.25	1.85	-2.00	1.50
Married-couple with children Including earnings of wives Excluding earnings of wives	.94 .06	1.53 .95	-1.85 -2.83	2.38 1.38	-.65 -1.48	1.80 .83
Male householder with children, no spouse	-.30	.85	-2.13	.57	-3.70	1.70
Female householder with children, no spouse	.38	1.31	-3.85	2.17	-2.40	4.27
Married-couple, no children, householder less than 40 years old Including earnings of wives Excluding earnings of wives	1.26 .64	1.98 1.75	-.40 -1.65	2.23 1.92	-1.43 -3.18	2.10 3.27
Married-couple, no children, householder 40 to 64 years old Including earnings of wives Excluding earnings of wives	1.27 .59	2.07 1.92	-.73 -.88	2.35 1.47	-1.05 -2.40	1.63 .87
Married-couple, no children, householder 65 years old or over Including income of wives Excluding income of wives	2.13 1.25	2.79 .93	4.13 3.90	.95 .80	-.83 -.35	1.13 .83
One-person household, male less than 65 years old	.47	1.10	-1.68	2.10	-1.75	1.27
One-person household, female less than 65 years old	1.28	1.53	2.83	1.90	-1.35	-.17
One-person household, male 65 years old or over	2.34	2.56	5.33	.82	.93	-.53
One-person household, female 65 years old or over	2.33	3.36	4.13	.70	-1.25	1.93
2-or-more-person household, male householder, no spouse or children	.84	1.72	-.83	2.23	-2.05	1.33
2-or-more-person household, female householder, no spouse or children	.94	1.62	-1.38	3.40	-1.60	.40