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The Economic Status of Single Mothers
Original Center for American Progress analysis shows that single mothers in the United States face economic insecurity, including high poverty rates and low incomes, that could be alleviated by strengthening the social safety net and advancing policies to support women in the workforce.

In this analysis, single mothers are defined as women with coresident children under age 18 with no spouse present—which includes mothers who have never been married; are married with an absent spouse; or are separated, divorced, or widowed—and no cohabitating partners.21