Outcome Measure

Median Net Worth

Median Total Income

Median Wage Income

Variable

χ2

χ2

χ2

Any Student Loans

65.90

**

0.69

1.08

Male

13.27

**

2.53

0.57

Black

89.80

**

10.04

**

65.13

**

Latino

0.36

2.42

5.80

*

Postgraduate Degree

1.74

0.22

4.62

*

Single

468.56

**

6.63

*

216.57

**

Married

746.59

**

11.64

**

358.30

**

Separated, Divorced, or Widowed

66.80

**

1.52

34.51

**

Welfare Support

102.09

**

16.79

**

123.77

**

Professional Occupation

39.69

*

0.03

39.37

**

Sales/Admin Occupation

1.75

1.45

0.16

Service, Operations, Farm, Armed Forces

1.31

0.09

0.65

No Occupation

30.26

**

0.62

22.40

**

Urban

1.68

3.26

+

3.05

+

Northeast

1.63

0.41

11.76

**

North Central

0.03

2.20

1.08

West

1.20

0.21

3.50

+

South

4.38

*

0.13

0.15