The number of female-headed families in poverty rose by 139,000, to 3.6 million.

The Center estimated that female-headed black families had an average income of only $9,710 in 1987, compared with $17,018 for white families headed by a woman.

Intact families are a bulwark against poverty, and welfare dependency is most concentrated in female-headed families.

A. Because of the divorce rate and other factors, there has been a sharp rise in the number of single-parent female-headed families.

Daunting pressures confront poor families in New York, especially single female-headed families, who dream of and attempt to make life better for their children.

There were significant numbers of one-parent, female-headed families in this period.

About 16% of Arlington families in general and 31% of female-headed families with no husband present were living below the poverty line.

As figure 5.7 taken from Jones (1990) shows, very high percentages of black female-headed families in the South are in poverty.

It found an astounding poverty rate of 70 percent among female-headed Hispanic families.

A quarter of female-headed families commence with a "premarital birth."