Portraits of American Life Study | Results & Summaries

The next two questions are about your total household income from all sources during 2005 before taxes and other deductions. Please include all sources of income. Before taxes and other deductions, was your total household income during 2005 more or less than 40,000 dollars? (DM_5)

Variable Comparisons

Age

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Refused	2.3% 13	3.2% 24	4.0% 30	4.6% 19	7.8% 11	3.7% 97
Don't know	6.1% 34	0.9% 7	0.9% 7	2.7% 11	3.5% 5	2.5% 64
$40,000 or more	40.5% 225	65.1% 486	61.5% 463	51.0% 209	24.8% 35	54.4% 1418
Less than $40,000	51.1% 284	30.8% 230	33.6% 253	41.7% 171	63.8% 90	39.4% 1028
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 747	100.0% 753	100.0% 410	100.0% 141	2607

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	3.9% 53	3.4% 43	3.7% 96
Don't know	3.4% 46	1.4% 17	2.4% 63
$40,000 or more	49.5% 666	59.7% 751	54.4% 1417
Less than $40,000	43.2% 581	35.5% 447	39.5% 1028
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 1258	2604

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	6.0% 10	3.4% 13	3.5% 22	3.4% 17	3.6% 8	3.9% 26	0	3.7% 96
Don't know	1.8% 3	1.6% 6	1.3% 8	1.0% 5	3.1% 7	4.6% 31	4	2.3% 60
$40,000 or more	47.6% 80	65.3% 247	63.4% 400	61.6% 311	56.0% 126	36.6% 247	7	54.6% 1411
Less than $40,000	44.6% 75	29.6% 112	31.9% 201	34.1% 172	37.3% 84	55.0% 371	13	39.3% 1015
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 631	100.0% 505	100.0% 225	100.0% 675	24	2582

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	3.9% 70	3.6% 10	2.5% 8	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	6.1% 5	3.7% 96
Don't know	2.3% 42	2.5% 7	3.8% 12	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 63
$40,000 or more	59.5% 1076	35.4% 98	37.5% 120	78.9% 86	33.3% 3	42.7% 35	54.5% 1418
Less than $40,000	34.3% 619	58.5% 162	56.3% 180	16.5% 18	66.7% 6	51.2% 42	39.4% 1027
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 277	100.0% 320	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2604

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	2.0% 3	4.3% 30	4.4% 16	4.0% 28	2.4% 10	3.0% 9	3.7% 96
Don't know	2.7% 4	2.7% 19	0.8% 3	2.6% 18	2.7% 11	2.7% 8	2.4% 63
$40,000 or more	29.9% 44	47.2% 326	64.6% 234	55.7% 386	56.3% 231	65.1% 196	54.4% 1417
Less than $40,000	65.3% 96	45.7% 316	30.1% 109	37.7% 261	38.5% 158	29.2% 88	39.5% 1028
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 691	100.0% 362	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 301	2604

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	2.3% 10	4.5% 28	4.9% 43	2.3% 15	3.7% 96
Don't know	1.4% 6	3.1% 19	2.5% 22	2.4% 16	2.4% 63
$40,000 or more	70.7% 311	47.7% 297	51.0% 447	54.6% 363	54.5% 1418
Less than $40,000	25.7% 113	44.7% 278	41.6% 365	40.8% 271	39.4% 1027
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 622	100.0% 877	100.0% 665	2604

Education

	No high school diploma	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	2.6% 8	3.6% 38	3.1% 15	2.9% 12	6.0% 16	4.2% 3	5	3.5% 92
Don't know	4.9% 15	3.5% 37	1.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	6.9% 5	0	2.5% 64
$40,000 or more	16.3% 50	45.3% 478	62.3% 299	76.0% 320	87.6% 233	54.2% 39	0	54.5% 1419
Less than $40,000	76.2% 234	47.6% 503	33.3% 160	21.1% 89	6.0% 16	34.7% 25	0	39.5% 1027
TOTAL	100.0% 307	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 72	5	2602