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Blacks’ Diminished Returns of Parental Education on Household Income: A Study of College Students in the US

Table 1.

Descriptive data of White and Blackstudents
  White Black
n % n %
Gender
Female 1222726 55.8 26401 59.7
Male 968817 44.2 17789 40.3
Age
16 or younger 4309 0.2 132 0.3
17 94138 4.3 1782 4.0
18 1416862 64.7 30609 69.3
19 444924 20.3 9062 20.5
20 88084 4.0 1130 2.6
21 or older 53630 2.4 294 0.7
22 to 24 60671 2.8 813 1.8
25 to 29 15879 0.7 198 0.4
30 to 39 9735 0.4 79 0.2
40 to 54 2960 0.1 28 0.1
16 or younger 351 0.0 63 0.1
Year
1966 16219 0.7 0 0.0
1967 21310 1.0 0 0.0
1968 23100 1.1 0 0
1969 20929 1.0 0 0
1970 22366 1.0 0 0
1971 29941 1.4 199 0.5
1972 35081 1.6 297 0.7
1973 36637 1.7 216 0.5
1974 38688 1.8 295 0.7
1975 39765 1.8 374 0.8
1976 40804 1.9 248 0.6
1977 38869 1.8 240 0.5
1978 37271 1.7 266 0.6
1979 38492 1.8 275 0.6
1980 37565 1.7 256 0.6
1981 34917 1.6 252 0.6
1982 29432 1.3 291 0.7
1983 27413 1.3 267 0.6
1984 33522 1.5 289 0.7
1985 32795 1.5 390 0.9
1986 35027 1.6 381 0.9
1987 37124 1.7 519 1.2
1988 45626 2.1 559 1.3
1989 43712 2.0 577 1.3
1990 43962 2.0 485 1.1
1991 49899 2.3 665 1.5
1992 50567 2.3 718 1.6
1993 51879 2.4 819 1.9
1994 58555 2.7 1094 2.5
1995 54497 2.5 1135 2.6
1996 59523 2.7 1332 3.0
1997 60116 2.7 1764 4.0
1998 66694 3.0 1751 4.0
1999 69574 3.2 1878 4.2
2000 79873 3.6 2108 4.8
2001 83830 3.8 1433 3.2
2002 81941 3.7 1543 3.5
2003 78496 3.6 1705 3.9
2004 84811 3.9 2674 6.1
2005 74095 3.4 2361 5.3
2006 76242 3.5 3064 6.9
2007 74098 3.4 2941 6.7
2008 72594 3.3 2884 6.5
2009 62878 2.9 2735 6.2
2010 60814 2.8 2910 6.6
Parental Education
1: Junior High 150490 6.9 1053 2.4
2: Some High School 211102 9.6 1228 2.8
3: High School Graduate 423434 19.3 5514 12.5
4: Post Secondary School Other than College 76944 3.5 1495 3.4
5: Some College 349976 16.0 8557 19.4
6: College Degree 460320 21.0 11702 26.5
7: Some Graduate 55121 2.5 1839 4.2
8: Graduate Degree 464156 21.2 12802 29.0
Income (Unadjusted for CPI)
Less than $6,000 246064 11.2 1514 3.4
$6000-$9999 171707 7.8 996 2.3
Less than $10,000 54926 2.5 1547 3.5
$10,000-$14,999 224835 10.3 2411 5.5
$15,000-$19,999 149900 6.8 1988 4.5
$20,000-$24,999 156799 7.2 2688 6.1
$25,000-$29,999 123483 5.6 2436 5.5
$30,000 or more 1933 0.1 0 0.0
$30,000-$34,999 37768 1.7 465 1.1
$30,000-$39,999 140926 6.4 3745 8.5
$35,000-$39,999 29732 1.4 406 0.9
$40,000 or more 594 0.0 15 0.0
$40,000-$49,999 160385 7.3 4038 9.1
$50,000 or more 4894 0.2 154 0.3
$50,000-$59,999 132825 6.1 3691 8.4
$50,000-$99,999 12122 0.6 164 0.4
$60,000-$74,999 144823 6.6 4554 10.3
$75,000-$99,999' 138808 6.3 4624 10.5
$100,000 or more 4154 0.2 102 0.2
$100,000-$149,999 129858 5.9 4334 9.8
$150,000 or more 8261 0.4 208 0.5
$150,000-$199,999 47455 2.2 1704 3.9
$200,000 or more 27239 1.2 671 1.5
$200,000-$249,999 14908 0.7 605 1.4
$250,000 or more 27144 1.2 1130 2.6