In 2008, 28.7 percent of the households headed by single women were considered poor.

The average household headed by someone with a college degree makes $71,400 a year.

Approximately 85 percent are households headed by women with children.

It now has 12,000 such cases on its books, with 95 percent of those representing households headed by women.

Many had grown up in poor households headed by their mothers.

Of the 6,961 households headed by women in the district, 4,295, or 61.7 percent, were below the poverty level.

But the entire increase is attributable to the 23 million households headed by someone over age 65.

As an example, consider the category "households headed by women."

And union members who head households are now overwhelmingly in the Conservative camp.

Both express concern about children in poor households headed by single mothers.