In Utah, Marriage Drops the Probability of Child Poverty by

83 Percent
The rapid rise in out-of-wedlock PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
child bearing is a major cause of THAT ARE POOR
high levels of child poverty in
35%
Utah. 32.0%
Some 32 percent of single
30%
mothers children were poor in
2008 compared to 5.5 percent of
married couples with children. 25%
Single-parent families with
children are nearly six times more 20%
likely to be poor than families in
which the parents are married.
15%
The higher poverty rate among
single-mother families is due both
10%
to the lower education levels of
the mothers and the lower income 5.5%
due to the absence of the father. 5%

0%
Single Parent, Married,Two-Parent
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Female-Headed Families
Community Survey, 2006–2008 data. Families

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