Poverty Rates for Children by Family Type

Warnings:
- For a correct interpretation of these figures, we encourage you to read through the "Methods page"
- ** Estimates based on less than 15 observations are not published
- * Estimates based on 15 to 30 observations only

Notes:
- Poverty line is defined as 50% of median adjusted disposable income for all persons
-  Equivalence scale is the square root of family size
- The definition of two parent and single mother households allows other adults to be present
- (na) = due to the nature of the survey, figures are unavailable - click here to find out more about the origin of the LIS surveys

All Children

Two-Parent
Family

Single Mother

% of Children Living in Single-Mother Families

1981

13.8

9.8

51.9

9.3

1985

14.0

9.5

62.2

8.4

1989

15.0

9.2

55.2

11.7

1995

13.1

9.7

34.2

13.2

1987

4.8

0.9

29.8

13.0

1994

9.7

7.1

31.7

10.9

1995

15.0

11.4

44.0

10.8

1997

10.2

8.4

23.5*

12.7

1985

4.0

3.1

19.9*

4.7

1988

3.8

3.5

**

3.6

1992

4.6

4.2

**

8.1

1995

1997

7.7

7.2

10.1*

8.9

2000

6.7

4.7*

24.5*

10.6

1971

16.6

13.2

59.4

7.2

1975

14.4

10.4

56.4

8.5

1981

14.8

10.1

49.8

11.5

1987

14.8

10.6

50.3

9.9

1991

15.3

9.3

52.3

13.7

1994

15.4

10.0

46.4

14.0

1997

15.7

10.1

45.7

14.8

1998

16.3

10.5

49.6

14.3

2000

14.9

10.9

40.7

13.1

1992

2.2

1.1

12.2

9.2

1996

6.6

3.2

36.2

10.0

1987

4.7

4.2

7.3*

12.0

1992

5.0

3.5

13.4

14.4

1995

2.7

2.1

5.5

15.0

2000

2.7

2.0

6.1

14.3

2004

3.9

2.9

7.9

15.8

2000

13.6

11.4

23.1

19.3

1987

2.8

2.4

**

9.0

1991

2.3

1.9

5.8*

9.5

1995

2.0

1.5

4.7*

11.0

2000

2.8

2.1

8.1*

12.8

1979

7.2

6.2

23.8

5.4

1981

6.9

5.4

29.5

6.2

1984(a)

7.4

6.4

23.5

6.5

1984(b)

9.8

8.9

22.0

7.2

1989

8.3

6.2

29.9

8.9

1994

7.9

6.1

25.3

9.3

1973

4.4

3.3

28.8

4.0

1978

3.4

3.3

32.2

5.1

1981

2.8

2.3*

**

6.7

1983

4.7

2.6

28.1

8.1

1984

8.5

4.8

49.3

8.4

1989

4.1

2.2

20.6

9.4

1994

9.5

5.6

41.0

10.5

2000

9.0

3.8

30.5

16.8

1991

6.9

5.8

**

11.4

1994

11.4

10.9

**

10.0

1999

8.8

8.2

**

6.7

1987

13.8

12.7

35.4*

5.3

1994

14.6

10.8

53.7

9.0

1995

15.7

11.8

48.7

10.4

1996

14.4

11.1

43.4

10.3

2000

15.7

11.1

46.3

13.4

1979

10.3

10.1

**

3.9

1986

12.7

12.0

27.0

5.2

1992

11.6

10.6

26.5

5.7

1997

13.3

12.2

25.3

7.5

2001

18.0

16.7

32.9

8.4

1986

11.4

11.1

18.6

5.1

1987

13.7

13.2

26.2*

4.1

1989

11.3

11.1

11.7*

4.3

1991

14.0

13.5

22.6

5.1

1993

19.9

18.3

46.0

6.2

1995

19.0

18.3

32.2

5.0

1998

18.4

17.5

33.5

6.2

2000

16.6

16.5

19.2*

4.9

1985

5.2

4.1*

**

8.0

1991

5.0

2.2*

38.0*

8.7

1994

4.5

2.9*

**

9.6

1997

10.1

8.0

34.9*

7.6

2000

9.1

7.7

29.1*

6.7

1984

23.5

23.7

20.2

9.1

1989

24.7

24.7

23.4

9.7

1992

24.6

24.9

22.5

8.1

1994

26.2

26.2

26.7

9.9

1996

25.0

25.2

23.8

10.6

1998

27.6

27.8

26.5

11.6

2000

26.9

27.3

24.5

12.1

2002

24.8

24.8

26.0

13.6

1983

2.7

2.3

**

8.5

1987

5.2

5.0

**

11.0

1991

8.1

5.7

34.2

8.6

1994

7.9

6.3

28.2

7.4

1999

9.8

7.6

35.1

8.1

1979

4.8

2.6

16.6

10.9

1986

4.3

1.9*

23.1

10.3

1991

5.2

2.1

20.5

15.8

1995

3.9

2.0

13.5

15.2

2000

3.4

2.1

10.9

14.5

1986

11.7

11.4

24.8

12.2

1992

8.4

8.2

9.2*

7.2

1995

15.4

15.1

17.9

9.6

1999

12.7

12.2

18.0

9.9

1981

6.7

(na)

17.3

3.2

1986

5.9

(na)

22.8

3.6

1991

6.9

(na)

26.3

3.9

1995

6.2

5.2

23.8

4.2

1997

9.2

8.0

34.6

4.4

2000

8.0

6.9

22.1

5.2

1995

10.8

9.4

21.7

9.3

1997

10.0

8.8

17.4

10.0

1992

17.8

14.9

29.3

18.2

1995

23.7

22.6

27.2

16.9

2000

22.2

20.6

32.9

14.5

1992

2.0

1.4

8.3

9.6

1996

(na)

(na)

(na)

(na)

1997

9.4

8.0

26.1*

7.2

1999

6.9

5.8

19.6*

6.6

1980

12.7

12.3

21.5

3.8

1990

12.2

11.5

25.4

4.9

1975

2.4

2.3

3.4

11.1

1981

4.8

4.0

10.0

13.5

1987

3.5

3.2

5.5*

12.5

1992

3.0

2.6

5.7*

14.5

1995

2.6

1.5

6.6

19.2

2000

4.2

2.3

12.9

17.8

1982

4.3

2.3

24.4*

6.9

1992

10.0

9.3

16.0*

8.9

1981

6.7

(na)

17.3

3.2

1986

5.9

(na)

22.8

3.6

1991

6.9

(na)

26.3

3.9

1995

6.2

5.2

23.8

4.2

1997

9.2

8.0

34.6

4.4

2000

8.0

6.9

22.1

5.2

1969

6.0

3.7

40.9

5.8

1974

8.0

5.3

39.4

8.0

1979

9.0

7.0

26.0

9.5

1986

12.5

11.1

21.1

12.9

1991

18.5

13.0

44.9

15.9

1994

13.9

10.4

27.9

19.3

1995

19.8

13.3

43.5

20.7

1999

17.0

10.4

39.2

21.7

1974

19.3

11.6

60.1

15.5

1979

20.4

11.6

52.1

21.6

1986

25.0

16.1

62.8

18.8

1991

25.6

15.6

60.0

21.3

1994

24.5

14.8

55.9

22.9

1997

22.4

13.7

52.5

21.5

2000

21.9

14.8

49.5

19.5