Female-headed households with children and no spouse are significantly more likely to be in poverty than male-headed households with

children and married-couple households with children.

8.0%
poor

20.0%
poor

41.2%
poor

Married-couple households with children

Female Male householder householder with with children, no children, no spouse spouse

Social IMPACT Research Centers analysis of the U.S. Census Bureaus 2011 American Community Survey 1-year estimates program.