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HRD-88-9 1 (1987-11-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabfzl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Chapter 3 Comiparison of AFDC Family Incomes With Poverty Line and Other Groups Figure 3.2: Among Three Welfare Groups, AFDC Families Exceed Poverty Thresholds Least Often, April 19848 100 Percent of Families Above Poverty Thresholds 60, 30 20 10 AFDC Single Married Parents Couples Note: Single-parent and married couple households receive welfare-but neither AFDC nor SSI. They contain from 2 to 4 members. Figures reflect national data. Inkind benefits are valued using market technique. aSingle-parent and married-couple families received welfare, but not AFDC or SSI. All families contain two to four members. Figures reflect national data. In-kind benefits are at market value. How AFDC Family Incomes Compare With Incomes of Single-Parent Families Not Receiving Welfare Studies show that single-parent families, as a group, have considerably lower incomes than married-couple and elderly families. To make our comparison, we used national data and selected single-parent families with three or fewer children who were not receiving any form of wel- fare. There were about 3.1 million of these families in April 1984.4 The average monthly pretax income, at market value, of the nonwelfare families was $1,709 (not including a value for employer-provided bene- fits, such as health care or pensions). If Medicaid is not included in AFDC family incomes, their average monthly income is $667, or $1,042 less than nonwelfare families. Fifty percent of the nonwelfare families had average monthly incomes between $1,039 and $2,137. Further, nonwel- fare families derived most of their income from earnings, but also 4rhe Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) contains information on 15 of the largest welfare programs. GAO/HRD.W&9 AFDC Family Incomes Page 35

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