Why the jobs recovery favors single workers, By Annalyn Censky, August 15, 2012, CNN Money: “As the economy slowly recovers, single people are finding jobs much faster than their married peers. Single men and women lost about 5 million jobs during the financial crisis, and have since gained back 90% of them, according to the Labor Department. That’s not too shabby, especially considering the jobs recovery has been so slow. But married people, who make up a slightly larger part of the adult population, lost even more jobs and have gained far fewer back. Of the 6 million jobs they lost, they’ve recouped only about 22%. Could employers be favoring single workers? That’s unlikely, economists say. The real story probably lies in other demographic factors. . .”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty