-12, 1 2 THE CITIZ
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main ," ed by omen incre d from 31
to 42 percent for B1 and from 9 to 12
percent for ites, The trends are
iated ith 10 er 0 erall famlly
income I and ruper p erty ratbs
be 11 famille maint' by omen
tend to be a relatively
Cen Bureau
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p Gr ville and other
'reputation am et
gre I spring hen three oe
he pi ed gained 2 % in Ie than 60
d ys in the middle of the bear m keto
In September" e of the Puryear
o y Report, Puryear predicted that
the toe mar et rally ill be stained
by am" e flo of funds from the
ock He ad " d
to a n
r Puryear
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nton
ce at H -
the thor
»and h
experience in area of
dine ment. His commen-
e can be heard d y
e Your City, the nation'
all-n and inform tion
by Gordon Green d Ed ard elni
provide hypothetical e imate of th
effect of the c in family compo-
ition on income d poverty I els,
This " pli ed by a recaleul tion
poeerty "at for
1980, min that family comp iti n
had rem " ed the in 1970 and
that other f tor h d not changed.
The effect of the adju ment " mor
pronounced fo Bl c familje t hite
families, ince the former experienced
larger ch es fami! compo ition
o er the t decade. Publi ddt
indo ate that re median ineo of
Bl f ilie declined by 5 percent,
13,325 in 1970 to 12,674 in
Data adju ed for family com-
position indicate, ho r a median
family incom of S 14,830 for 0'
repre ntin ere of 11 percent
since 1970.
Publi ed data indi te that real
median ineome of bite famili s in­
creased by I percent from 21,722 in
1970 to 21,904 in 1980. Da dju ed
for family compost ion" dicate ho r,
a median family income of 22,438 in
1980 for hit repre tin an incr
of 3 percent ince 1970. According to
th report, 'The. data gge that, in
the nee of ch in family com-
po ition, the er e"' come of B
famille ould h
rapidly than the bite
familie ."
The adju rn nt procedure in-
dicated a 1arg r effect on po erty e i­
mate for B c families th for bite
the groups,"
Th hypothetic e imate in
tudy re intended to con ey th effect
of family compo "lion ch on
official ti ti ,and in no y n e
or ter the ianifkance of the trend
hich ctuallyoe rred.
"Th report doe ot SU«J�
line of usality bet een c
po ition and incom ," ccording to
Director Bruce Chapm ut it
does correl tion orthy of mor
Ch
An
a Mi ority B smess
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for � con Ie ry
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Ot 'rpenon: � L. Ls oocI,O'
OWICe of Econom' Dev. Mic' .. _an
Miranriltv BUSIlIeSS Enterpri
I�lrt'n,....t of Commerce
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