SYG 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Working Poor, Theory-Theory, Social Inequality
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About _____ million people will experience homelessness in a given year. Gender: over half of poor families are headed by a single woman. Households headed by women are fastest growing segment of poor. Feminization of poverty the trend of women and children making up largest percentages of the poor. Married couples have the lowest risk of being in poverty. Single women with children have the highest risk. More whites live in poverty (16 million), but a smaller percentage of whites (9. 2%) compared to other racial groups are poor. Children under 18 make up _____% of those in poverty (but only 24. 3% of overall population) 1 in 5 kids lives in poverty, if under age 6 then 1 in 4 kids live in poverty true. Elderly also at high risk for living in poverty true. Working full time for most of the year, but remaining below the poverty line. About 18% of the heads of poor families work full time.
