Table 2.18

Educational attainment, by income group, selected years, 1979–2014

1979 1989 2000 2007 2014 1979-2007 2007-2014
Married Women
Bottom fifth 504 686 740 650 558 29% -14%
Second fifth 733 1,006 1,186 1,160 1,078 58.2 -7%
Middle fifth 891 1,228 1,401 1,413 1,379 58.5 -2%
Fourth fifth 1,095 1,325 1,458 1,462 1,534 33.6 5%
80th–<95th percentile 853 1,152 1,085 1,374 1,588 61.1 16%
Top 5 percent 1,156 1,401 1,540 1,552 1,513 34.2 -3%
Married Men
Bottom fifth 1,708 1,694 1,784 1,702 1,599 -0.4% -6%
Second fifth 2,057 2,129 2,118 2,092 2,060 1.7 -2%
Middle fifth 2,145 2,185 2,224 2,200 2,127 2.6 -3%
Fourth fifth 2,190 2,247 2,300 2,258 2,213 3.1 -2%
80th–<95th percentile 2,421 2,469 2,498 2,426 2,295 0.2 -5%
Top 5 percent 2,260 2,337 2,359 2,325 2,410 2.8 4%
Combined
Bottom fifth 2,213 2,380 2,525 2,352 2,157 6.3% -8.3%
Second fifth 2,790 3,135 3,304 3,252 3,138 16.5 -3.5%
Middle fifth 3,036 3,412 3,625 3,613 3,507 19.0 -2.9%
Fourth fifth 3,284 3,571 3,758 3,720 3,747 13.3 0.7%
80th–<95th percentile 3,274 3,621 3,583 3,800 3,883 16.1 2.2%
Top 5 percent 3,416 3,738 3,899 3,876 3,923 13.5 1.2%

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

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