In Texas, Marriage Drops the Probability of Child Poverty

by 74 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
45%
Texas. 40.5%
Some 40.5 percent of single 40%
mothers children were poor in
2008 compared to 10.4 percent of 35%
married couples with children.
30%
Single-parent families with
children are nearly four times 25%
more likely to be poor than
families in which the parents are 20%
married.
The higher poverty rate among 15%
single-mother families is due both 10.4%
to the lower education levels of 10%
the mothers and the lower income
5%
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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