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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)

White alone
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		55,339 14,348 25.9 42,235 7,630 18.1 3,117 1,034 33.2 9,987 5,684 56.9
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		9,980 5,112 51.2 7,028 2,702 38.5 476 314 66.0 2,477 2,096 84.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 45,358 9,236 20.4 35,207 4,927 14.0 2,642 721 27.3 7,510 3,588 47.8
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		14,487 6,130 42.3 6,689 2,435 36.4 2,056 619 30.1 5,742 3,075 53.6
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		30,872 3,106 10.1 28,518 2,492 8.7 585 101 17.3 1,768 513 29.0
          Householder plus one other worker 24,683 2,569 10.4 22,959 2,058 9.0 401 75 18.7 1,324 436 33.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,189 537 8.7 5,560 434 7.8 185 26 14.2 444 77 17.3
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		32,386 4,570 14.1 26,044 2,781 10.7 1,870 342 18.3 4,472 1,447 32.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,409 3,236 31.1 5,574 1,692 30.4 1,489 298 20.0 3,347 1,246 37.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		21,977 1,334 6.1 20,470 1,088 5.3 381 44 11.5 1,126 202 17.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,476 448 3.9 10,987 383 3.5 131 18 13.9 358 47 13.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,969 790 9.9 7,121 622 8.7 199 20 9.9 649 148 22.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,532 96 3.8 2,362 83 3.5 51 6 (B) 119 7 5.5
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		27,335 2,136 7.8 27,335 2,136 7.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,270 508 40.0 1,270 508 40.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 12,758 4,363 34.2 12,758 4,363 34.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		12,784 344 2.7 12,784 344 2.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,947 502 17.0 2,947 502 17.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 21,239 3,940 18.5 21,239 3,940 18.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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