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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		55,339 19,854 35.9 42,235 11,591 27.4 3,117 1,484 47.6 9,987 6,779 67.9
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		9,980 6,053 60.6 7,028 3,501 49.8 476 364 76.5 2,477 2,188 88.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 45,358 13,801 30.4 35,207 8,090 23.0 2,642 1,120 42.4 7,510 4,592 61.1
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		14,487 7,997 55.2 6,689 3,297 49.3 2,056 921 44.8 5,742 3,779 65.8
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		30,872 5,804 18.8 28,518 4,792 16.8 585 199 34.0 1,768 813 46.0
          Householder plus one other worker 24,683 4,683 19.0 22,959 3,887 16.9 401 146 36.4 1,324 650 49.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,189 1,121 18.1 5,560 905 16.3 185 53 28.7 444 163 36.7
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		32,386 7,697 23.8 26,044 4,901 18.8 1,870 619 33.1 4,472 2,177 48.7
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,409 4,750 45.6 5,574 2,453 44.0 1,489 523 35.1 3,347 1,774 53.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		21,977 2,947 13.4 20,470 2,448 12.0 381 96 25.1 1,126 403 35.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,476 1,139 9.9 10,987 971 8.8 131 41 31.4 358 127 35.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,969 1,553 19.5 7,121 1,266 17.8 199 39 19.5 649 249 38.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,532 255 10.1 2,362 212 9.0 51 16 (B) 119 27 22.5
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		27,335 4,259 15.6 27,335 4,259 15.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,270 684 53.9 1,270 684 53.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 12,758 5,957 46.7 12,758 5,957 46.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		12,784 1,018 8.0 12,784 1,018 8.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,947 951 32.3 2,947 951 32.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 21,239 6,188 29.1 21,239 6,188 29.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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