Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Lone Parents
- 61% of lone
parents live in
poverty compared
to 23% of couples
with children.
- Department of Security
- 1.3 million LP's in 1992
increased to 1.9 million in
2005
- Vulnerable to poverty
- High levels of unemployment
- 22% experience a spell
of unemployment
- 1.8 million LP households,
650,000 are unemployed
- 52% of single women
who had their baby
between 16-19 aren't
looking for a job
- Rely on one income
- Working part time
- 15.5% of LP have
part time jobs (2012)
- 9.7% (2007)
- More flexible to
look after children.
- Despite this 15.2%
want to work full time
- Educated LP with elder children
are more likely to secure a job
with healthy income
- Most likely to
rely on cash
benefits
- New Right
- Welfare is too
generous to LP
- Encourages LP
not to work
- Gingerbread Charity
- Even when LP
work full time
poverty rates are
increasing
- 17% - 22%
(2011-2013)
- Poverty trap
- When you are unable
to lift your household
from poverty
- Unskilled, low paid LPs find
employment is no better than
benefits so cannot find work that
will give them a decent income
- Social Exclusion
- 30% of lone mothers
suffer from depression
- Less likely to be
able to afford
going out
- Poverty in
Large Families
- Health: when one
gets sick it spreads
- More money spent on:
- Food
- Clothes
- Second hand
- Uniform
- Holidays
- Have larger:
- House/mortgage
- Bills
- Maintence