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POV21: Related Children Under 18 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (2) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		55,339 8,441 15.3 42,235 3,942 9.3 3,117 573 18.4 9,987 3,926 39.3
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		9,980 3,623 36.3 7,028 1,600 22.8 476 240 50.4 2,477 1,783 72.0
People in families with a working householder (16) 45,358 4,818 10.6 35,207 2,342 6.7 2,642 334 12.6 7,510 2,143 28.5
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		14,487 3,568 24.6 6,689 1,376 20.6 2,056 316 15.4 5,742 1,876 32.7
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		30,872 1,250 4.0 28,518 966 3.4 585 18 3.0 1,768 267 15.1
          Householder plus one other worker 24,683 1,068 4.3 22,959 826 3.6 401 15 3.6 1,324 227 17.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,189 182 2.9 5,560 140 2.5 185 3 1.7 444 39 8.9
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		32,386 1,947 6.0 26,044 1,226 4.7 1,870 113 6.0 4,472 608 13.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,409 1,522 14.6 5,574 878 15.8 1,489 107 7.2 3,347 537 16.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		21,977 424 1.9 20,470 348 1.7 381 6 1.5 1,126 71 6.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,476 122 1.1 10,987 107 1.0 131 1 1.1 358 13 3.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,969 292 3.7 7,121 230 3.2 199 4 2.2 649 57 8.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,532 10 0.4 2,362 10 0.4 51 0 (B) 119 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		27,335 808 3.0 27,335 808 3.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,270 333 26.2 1,270 333 26.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 12,758 2,325 18.2 12,758 2,325 18.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		12,784 80 0.6 12,784 80 0.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,947 211 7.2 2,947 211 7.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 21,239 1,802 8.5 21,239 1,802 8.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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