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4. A single earner at $12/hr puts a family of three at the poverty line

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 02:36 PM

Jun 2015

Add another adult earner at $12/hr and the new family of 4 is at the median household income. That's a huge difference in itself.

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The North-South divide on two parent families [View all] mainer Jun 2015 OP

Yes. But this isn't predictive. Igel Jun 2015 #2

Lots of confounds in this. Igel Jun 2015 #3

A single earner at $12/hr puts a family of three at the poverty line Recursion Jun 2015 #4