Why are there so many children living is poverty in the US
Why are there so many children living is poverty in the US Many children in the United States are living in poverty today but why. Why do they remain the poorest age group in America. In 2018, according to the Census Bureau's official poverty measure 11.9 million children under the age of 18 are living in poverty. Children make up 31.1% of the US population living in poverty. The child poverty rate of 16% in the US is almost one and a half times larger than that for adults aged 18-65. Single motherhood is a large factor for these statistics. Around two and five children under 18 who live in a household lead by a single mother experience poverty to some extent. These children are five times more likely to experience poverty than kids who still have both parents in the house. Because of this many of these children become homeless. During the 2017-2018 school year 1,508,265 school aged children were reported to be homeless. ...