Poverty and Single-Parent Families

 Family Structure  About half of children (48 percent) in low-income families – 15.1 million – and 37 percent of children in poor families – 5.6 million – live with married parents.      30 percent of all children with married parents – 15.1 million – live in low-income families.     68 percent of all children with a single parent – 16.2 million – live in low-income families.

https://www.nccp.org/publication/basic-facts-about-low-income-children-2009-children-under-age-18/