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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		40,707 9,793 24.1 32,195 5,369 16.7 2,248 850 37.8 6,265 3,573 57.0
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		6,775 3,267 48.2 5,039 1,863 37.0 357 259 72.6 1,378 1,145 83.0
People in families with a working householder (16) 33,932 6,526 19.2 27,155 3,507 12.9 1,891 591 31.3 4,886 2,429 49.7
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		9,847 3,991 40.5 4,469 1,381 30.9 1,537 528 34.4 3,842 2,082 54.2
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		24,085 2,535 10.5 22,687 2,126 9.4 354 63 17.7 1,045 347 33.2
          Householder plus one other worker 19,612 2,159 11.0 18,555 1,810 9.8 260 53 20.3 797 295 37.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 4,473 377 8.4 4,132 316 7.6 94 10 10.6 248 51 20.8
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		24,790 3,399 13.7 20,389 2,001 9.8 1,403 331 23.6 2,998 1,067 35.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 7,278 2,220 30.5 3,822 994 26.0 1,154 307 26.6 2,302 919 39.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		17,512 1,179 6.7 16,567 1,008 6.1 249 24 9.4 696 148 21.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		9,005 337 3.7 8,789 315 3.6 58 6 (B) 158 16 10.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,601 768 11.6 5,966 633 10.6 170 16 9.4 465 119 25.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,906 75 3.9 1,812 60 3.3 22 2 (B) 73 13 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		21,991 1,939 8.8 21,991 1,939 8.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 983 424 43.1 983 424 43.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 8,629 2,579 29.9 8,629 2,579 29.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		10,323 340 3.3 10,323 340 3.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,219 500 22.5 2,219 500 22.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 16,273 2,769 17.0 16,273 2,769 17.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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