| Table
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| Among
Poor Children, Percentage in Working Poor Families, 1995-2001 |
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1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
| Total |
31.9 |
32.4 |
34.5 |
38.8 |
40.0 |
42.6 |
39.8 |
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| Race
and Ethnicity |
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| White
non-Hispanic |
35.8 |
33.3 |
35.5 |
41.2 |
40.8 |
43.7 |
40.2 |
| Black
non-Hispanic |
23.5 |
25.7 |
27.6 |
32.2 |
33.6 |
36.0 |
32.4 |
| Asian/Pacific
Islander |
26.9 |
21.0 |
33.0 |
33.2 |
44.5 |
44.0 |
44.9 |
| Hispanic |
37.2 |
40.4 |
40.9 |
43.8 |
46.3 |
48.5 |
46.9 |
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| Family
structure |
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| Married-couple |
52.1 |
52.8 |
55.9 |
61.8 |
58.9 |
63.6 |
60.7 |
| Single-mother |
24.2 |
24.7 |
27.1 |
31.1 |
35.4 |
37.6 |
33.1 |
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| Parental
Education1 |
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| Less
than 12 years |
31.0 |
32.3 |
31.9 |
35.8 |
41.7 |
47.9 |
40.4 |
| At
least 12 years |
37.6 |
38.3 |
42.0 |
46.6 |
46.0 |
46.7 |
45.7 |
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| 1Reflects the
education level of the more educated parent |
| Source: Child Trends analysis of the March Current Population
Survey (CPS), 1996-2002 |
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