Percent of Families in Poverty
by Household Type

Family Type	With Children	Without Children
Married Couple	5.5%	2.5%
Male Householder, No Wife Present	14.8%	6.5%
Female Householder, No Husband Present	30.8%	6.6%

Families in Poverty by Household Type

Census 2000 (Based on 1999 income)

Chart: Percent of Families in Poverty by Household Type

The presence of children is associated with higher poverty rates for families.
In 1999, the proportion of female-headed families with children living in poverty was 30.8 percent, considerably higher than female-headed families without children present.

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