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4. I wish the author would have delved more into this:

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 09:45 PM

Apr 2015

"Nationwide, 15.5 percent of women live in poverty, compared with 11.9 percent of men.... Single mothers fare even worse, listed as twice as likely to be living in poverty than single fathers, 43.1 percent vs. 23.6 percent."

Single motherhood is likely the single largest factor accounting for discrepancies in poverty levels.

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Women Are Poorer Than Men In Every State [View all] DonViejo Apr 2015 OP

Very important issue. Thanks for posting. appalachiablue Apr 2015 #1

They keep us poor so we'll put up with wretched marriages to them. Warpy Apr 2015 #2

Who is the they? Yupster Apr 2015 #3

One person supporting two or three kids doing unskilled labor is TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #11

I wish the author would have delved more into this: TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #4

I think part of it is that madville Apr 2015 #7

I think single motherhood Yupster Apr 2015 #8

Oh, yes. leftyladyfrommo Apr 2015 #13

Women Can Do All of Those Sparhawk60 Apr 2015 #10

The article neglects to mention that the only iemitsu Apr 2015 #5

Funny how that little detail is overlooked Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #9

I have a little experience in this subject Yupster Apr 2015 #12

Yes, those differences do exist in school systems and iemitsu Apr 2015 #14

Not always IBEWVET Apr 2015 #15

Of course, how did I forget about union workplaces. iemitsu Apr 2015 #16

I'm doing my part... FrodosPet Apr 2015 #6