A Geographic Comparison of Child Poverty and Adult Poverty from 2006 to 2009
A Geographic Comparison of Child Poverty and Adult Poverty from 2006 to 2009
Background
- The poverty rate for children historically has been higher than the adult poverty rate.
- In 2009, this disparity was highlighted nationally as children represented 35.5 percent of people in poverty, but only 24.5 percent of the population.
- Higher child poverty is attributed to several reasons:
- Households with children are larger than households without children (i.e. more money is needed to stay out of poverty)
- On average, households with children have fewer workers than childless households (e.g. single parents)
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