On the other hand, in district Z, roughly 28 percent of third graders had been the subject of a maltreatment investigation despite the more moderate 40 percent poverty rate in the district. (educationnext.org)
According to a study by the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University, children in married - couple households have a poverty rate of 11 percent, compared to a 47 percent poverty rate for children in cohabiting opposite - sex couple households, and a 48 percent child poverty rate in single - mother households. (ifstudies.org)
(Mark - Viverito's district in East Harlem is also bound to receive the 25 percent poverty rate bump. (politico.com)