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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

All races
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		72,980 21,856 29.9 51,344 9,670 18.8 4,180 1,525 36.5 17,456 10,661 61.1
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		13,870 7,924 57.1 8,632 3,481 40.3 725 512 70.6 4,513 3,932 87.1
People in families with a working householder (16) 59,110 13,932 23.6 42,712 6,189 14.5 3,455 1,013 29.3 12,943 6,729 52.0
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		20,945 9,720 46.4 8,152 3,025 37.1 2,674 869 32.5 10,119 5,825 57.6
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		38,165 4,212 11.0 34,561 3,164 9.2 781 144 18.4 2,824 904 32.0
          Householder plus one other worker 30,601 3,528 11.5 27,963 2,651 9.5 521 106 20.4 2,117 771 36.4
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,564 684 9.0 6,597 513 7.8 260 38 14.5 707 133 18.8
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		41,945 6,835 16.3 31,737 3,478 11.0 2,440 488 20.0 7,768 2,870 36.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 14,579 4,960 34.0 6,724 2,057 30.6 1,954 431 22.0 5,901 2,472 41.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		27,367 1,875 6.9 25,014 1,421 5.7 486 57 11.8 1,867 397 21.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,669 623 4.2 13,885 523 3.8 176 27 15.2 608 74 12.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		9,599 1,149 12.0 8,304 808 9.7 241 25 10.2 1,054 316 30.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,099 103 3.3 2,825 90 3.2 69 6 (B) 205 7 3.5
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		33,100 2,719 8.2 33,100 2,719 8.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,837 749 40.8 1,837 749 40.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 15,123 5,269 34.8 15,123 5,269 34.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		15,992 481 3.0 15,992 481 3.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,937 748 19.0 3,937 748 19.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 24,730 4,745 19.2 24,730 4,745 19.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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