HOW IS FAMILY INCOME ORGANISED?

Question 20 of the survey asks:

(If you are currently married or living as married) how do you and your spouse/partner organise the income that one or both of you receive? Please choose the option that comes closest.

.......................................................................................Per cent of male and female responses:

.................................................................................................................Male..........Female

• The man manages the money and gives his partner her share..........8.44%........4.70%
• The woman manages the money and gives her partner his share.....9.74%........8.50%
• We pool all the money and each take out what we need................58.44%......57.72%
• We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate................14.94%......17.67%
• We each keep our own money separate...........................................8.44%.......11.41%

Number of responses: Male - 308, Female - 447.

For comparison, the data presented in table 5 of CHM in the Intra Family Income Study suggest the following distribution for the 59 Pakeha couples (number of couples, per cent, [ISSP per cent]):

• We pool all the money and each take out what we need................12......20%...[58%]
• We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate................25......42%...[17%]
• We each keep our own money separate...........................................3.........5%...[10%]
• Other...............................................................................................19.......32%...[15%]

Stuart Birks

16 August, 1995