Table 2.
Observed (after-tax/transfer) and Market (before-tax/transfer) Child Poverty Rates, by Household Type
| Country and Measure | Household Type |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Married Couple | Cohabiting Couple | Single Male Head | Single Female Head, No Other Adults | Single Female Head and Other Adults | |
| Observed Child Poverty Rates (%) | ||||||
| United States, 2000 | 22.0 | 13.9 | 29.7 | 25.6 | 55.4 | 36.9 |
| Australia, 1994 | 16.0 | 12.1 | ––a | 25.8 | 51.6 | 27.2 |
| Belgium, 1997 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 10.9 | 19.0 | 9.3 | 12.2 |
| Canada, 2000 | 14.9 | 10.4 | 14.4 | 13.3 | 48.3 | 16.8 |
| Estonia, 2000 | 13.6 | 10.2 | 15.5 | 10.9 | 27.3 | 15.2 |
| Finland, 2000 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| France, 1994 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 27.3 | 19.0 |
| Germany, 2000 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 42.1 | 11.3 |
| Netherlands, 1999 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 15.9 | 11.0 | 38.4 | 16.0 |
| Norway, 2000 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 11.6 | 8.6 |
| Poland, 1999 | 12.7 | 12.2 | ––a | 10.5 | 20.1 | 15.1 |
| Russia, 2000 | 23.4 | 20.7 | 30.6 | 16.6 | 41.0 | 24.9 |
| Slovenia, 1999 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 16.8 | 28.8 | 14.4 |
| Sweden, 2000 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 13.5 | 7.1 |
| United Kingdom, 1999 | 15.3 | 9.2 | 15.0 | 21.4 | 37.3 | 9.8 |
| Market Child Poverty Rates (%) | ||||||
| United States, 2000 | 26.3 | 16.7 | 35.1 | 30.7 | 65.2 | 47.0 |
| Australia, 1994 | 28.4 | 22.3 | ––a | 46.8 | 79.5 | 62.5 |
| Belgium, 1997 | 18.9 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 23.1 | 45.2 | 53.5 |
| Canada, 2000 | 24.0 | 17.0 | 26.6 | 22.6 | 65.2 | 47.5 |
| Estonia, 2000 | 21.2 | 15.1 | 22.8 | 47.1 | 40.6 | 31.5 |
| Finland, 2000 | 18.6 | 13.2 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 50.6 | 30.9 |
| France, 1994 | 17.7 | 13.7 | 20.0 | 17.9 | 48.4 | 46.4 |
| Germany, 2000 | 18.0 | 10.2 | 22.3 | 30.4 | 65.5 | 42.4 |
| Netherlands, 1999 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 18.5 | 28.5 | 58.1 | 54.9 |
| Norway, 2000 | 14.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 22.9 | 56.1 | 33.4 |
| Poland, 1999 | 19.4 | 16.4 | ––a | 30.3 | 42.3 | 47.5 |
| Russia, 2000 | 23.9 | 20.5 | 26.7 | 25.2 | 40.1 | 37.6 |
| Slovenia, 1999 | 12.0 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 22.1 | 25.9 | 28.4 |
| Sweden, 2000 | 18.7 | 11.7 | 9.9 | 20.4 | 51.9 | 51.9 |
| United Kingdom, 1999 | 34.4 | 19.2 | 33.4 | 53.4 | 84.1 | 51.3 |
a
Married and cohabiting couples are grouped together in the data for Australia and Poland.