Article: Poor and low-income women: A diverse group.

Nine million women of childbearing age are poor, and more than 10 million are low-income. (38) These women have surprisingly diverse backgrounds: Many have not finished high school, but some are college graduates; some are married, while others have never married or are separated or divorced from a husband who provides little or no support for his children; some are teenagers, while others are near the end of their reproductive lives; most are not employed, but some have full-time jobs. Despite this diversity, women in some groups are more likely than others to be poor or low-income; as a result, lower income women differ from higher income women in some notable respects: ...

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