Table 1.- Percentage distribution of 100 Florida respondents according
to selected characteristics, compared to 1,088 regional respondents, 1964.*
 Social Florida Region
 Characteristics White Negro White Negro

 per cent
Residence: .............. All 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
 Rural farm 23.7 20.8 49.0 44.8
 Rural nonfarm 76.3 79.2 51.0 55.2
Age of husband:
 45 to 49 years 31.6 16.7 28.1 26.0
 50 to 54 years 26.3 33.3 25.2 28.6
 55 to 59 years 15.8 25.0 25.2 26.0
 60 to 64 years 26.3 20.8 21.2 18.2
 Not ascertained ** 4.2 0.3 1.2
Family structure:
 Couple only 42.1 16.7 42.5 19.5
 Couple and children 48.7 62.5 48.2 60.4
 All others 9.2 20.8 9.3 20.1
Number of families 76 24 934 154
Per cent 76.0 24.0 85.8 14.2
 *All data herein and as subsequently presented, unless otherwise stated, refer to the
Southern regional families surveyed, the male heads of which ranged in age from 45 to
64 years.
 **A dash, whenever used in a table, indicates that a given category.lacks a value
reference.

tirement expectations were differently combined for Negroes
than for whites. As a consequence, the retirement anticipations
of each race were separately examined.
 In the region as a whole, the percentages of whites and
Negroes living on farms were relatively similar, but there was a
considerable difference in family structure between the two
races. Proportionately fewer Negro than white families con-
sisted of a couple only.4
 The Florida populations approximated those of the region
in many respects. The age distributions of husbands between
the state and the region were somewhat comparable, as was
family structure. One difference noted was that relatively fewer
Florida families were farm families than was true for the region.
 The percentage of whites in Florida who owned their homes
 was the same as in the region for the 45 to 64 age category,
 but Negro home ownership in Florida was somewhat higher
 than in the region as a whole (Table 2). Ratios of employment

 'The cooperating states have each devoted attention to one or more
 aspects of the S-56 study; for example, Alabama to housing, Georgia to
 generalized regional results, Tennessee to insurance, and Texas to leisure-
 time activities. Additional reports, such as health-related factors, are
 planned. One regional report entitled, Economic Provisions for Old Age
 of Rural Families in Five Southern States, Southern Cooperative Series,
 138, 1968 (Georgia AES, Athens).