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Children living in single-parent families do not have the same resources and opportunities as those living in two-parent families. When the single parent is a woman, the risk of sinking into poverty is significantly greater due to the wide earnings gap between men and women in the United States. Many single mothers also receive insufficient child support, which puts their children at greater risk for all the adverse outcomes linked to poverty. High divorce rates and high non-marital birth rates indicate that a record number of children are growing up without fathers in their lives. For the first time in history, the average child can expect to live a significant portion of his or her life in a home without a father. |
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