Children in Poverty by Family Structure, 2000

This chart shows the relationship between the issues of belonging, rejection and poverty. The family in which the mother and father formally belong to each other is least likely to be found in poverty. At the opposite end of the graph, the always-single-mother family has the highest level of poverty; in this family structure the father has never belonged to the mother or the children. Source: Survey of Consumer Finance, 2001.

Children in Poverty by Family Structure, 2000

Children's Time in Poverty by Family Structure

Welfare Dependence by Family Structure

Black Children in Poverty by Parents' Marital Status

Annual Income of Families with Children Under 18 by Family Structure, 2000

Hours Worked per Year in Families with Children by Family Structure, 2000

Families with Children by Income Quintile and Family Structure, 1997

Income of Families with Children by Family Structure

Median Net Worth of Families with Children Under 18 by Family Structure, 2001

Percentage of Unemployed Mothers and Children in Poverty by Marital Status

Probability than an Unwed Mother Will Marry the Father

Percent of People Who Describe Themselves as "Happy" by Marital Status

Mental Health Disorder Among Children by Family Structure, U.K., 1999

Children's Risk of Abuse by Family Structure, U.K.

Children's Risk of Fatal Abuse by Family Structure, U.K.

Homicide Rates for Infants Under One, 1970-2000

Percent of Adolescents Who Felt "Sad a Lot" or "Sad Most of the Time" During the Past Week by Family Structure

Percent of Adolescents Who Have Ever Been Expelled By Family Structure

Grade Point Average for American Teenagers by Family Structure

Problem Behaviors of Children by Parents' Marital Status

Children in Broken Homes Have Twice the Rates of Incarceration

The Probability of Divorce for Women Who Cohabit or Have Sexual Relations with Another Before Marriage

Average Number of Voluntary Lifetime Sexual Partners for Women by Age of First Voluntary Sexual Intercourse

Percent of Teenage Women Who Are Virgins, by Relationship with Father

Percent of Adolescents Who Rate Dad as Warm and Loving, by Family Structure

Teenage Virginity by Family Structure

Family Structure at Age 14 and Later Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing

Percent of Teens Who Are Virgins, by Frequency of Worship

Virginity of All Teenagers Under 17 by Levels of Worship of Two Parents

Levels of Abortion by Frequency of Worship Among Teenagers with a Good Relationship with at Least One Parent

Sexual Activity of Teenagers by Peers' Level of Worship

Virginity Among Young Adult Males by Church Attendance

Percent of Families that Have Dinner Together by Frequency of Worship

Family Income by Family Structure and Frequency of Church Attendance

Out-Of-Wedlock Childbearing Among Teen Girls and Young Women, 1980-2000

For Every 100 Children Born: Those Experiencing Rejection in Their Family

Indices of Family Belonging vs. Family Income