Poverty Rates by Family Structure: Data Insights and Trends #2348400 (License: Personal Use)

The chart displays poverty (0%-100%) and near-poverty (100%-150% of poverty line) rates for four U.S. family structures: single-parent (30% in poverty, 32% near poverty), cohabiting-parent (25% each), married-parent (7% in poverty, 14% near poverty), and residential extended families (15% in poverty, 26% near poverty). Single-parent families show the highest combined economic hardship at 62%, while married-parent families have the lowest at 21%.

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