Income For Females

You may wish to view the male personal income (over the past two decades) also.

An interesting statistic in that table (not included here) is the share of income for different income levels. For the poorest group, the share goes up during the recessions, and down at other times, while the opposite is true for other income groups. Hmmm.

Income share also says the following about the poor. They are:

• young
• black
• female

Here are the numbers proving that income for females went up during the 1980s (after declining during the Carter years).

Populations in millions
Source: American Almanac, table no. 711, page 453 (1993 ed.).

Income for Females in Constant (1990) Dollars.
Year	Total Population	Working (or Receiving Income)	Percent Working	Median Income
1970	77.6	51.6	66.5	7,535
1975	85.0	60.8	71.5	8,223
1980	91.1	80.8	89.0	7,804
1981	92.2	82.1	89.0	7,848
1982	93.1	82.5	88.6	7,973
1983	94.3	83.8	88.9	8,405
1984	95.3	85.6	89.8	8,640
1985	96.4	86.5	89.7	8,766
1986	97.3	87.8	90.0	9,075
1987	98.2	89.7	91.3	9,544
1988	99.0	90.6	91.5	9,815
1989	99.8	91.4	91.6	10,144

Note how the working population jumps almost 20% from 1975-80 while only moving 3% during the Reagan Years. Also note the rise in median income during the Reagan Years (and the decline under Carter). So much for the criticism that the Reagan Years were ones where females "had to work" because of declining incomes! Clearly, if any period was one where females "had to work", it was during the Carter Years.

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