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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Tag: Cohabitation

Rural Children in Cohabiting Households

UNH study: Rural children more likely living in cohabiting households, July 3, 2009, Foster’s Daily Democrat: “As cohabiting – opposite-sex unmarried partners living together in households – increases nationwide, new data show that the growing rate of children in cohabiting households is most pronounced in rural areas. A new brief from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire analyzes recent U.S. Census Bureau data to explore trends and patterns among children in cohabiting households in rural America…”