In Alaska, Marriage Drops the Probability of Child Poverty

by 85 Percent
The rapid rise in out-of-wedlock PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
child bearing is a major cause of THAT ARE POOR
high levels of child poverty in
30%
Alaska.
26.5%
Some 26.5 percent of single
mothers children were poor in 25%
2008 compared to 3.9 percent of
married couples with children.
20%
Single-parent families with
children are more than six times
more likely to be poor than 15%
families in which the parents are
married.
The higher poverty rate among 10%
single-mother families is due both
to the lower education levels of
5% 3.9%
the mothers and the lower income
due to the absence of the father.
0%
Single Parent, Married,Two-Parent
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Female-Headed Families
Community Survey, 2006–2008 data. Families

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