Single parenthood: the poverty industry?s kryptonite

About one in five British children live with a single parent, one of the highest rates in Europe, and slightly ahead of Sweden and Denmark. Yet the really big difference is in the employment rates amongst that group. In Sweden and Denmark, four out of five single parents are in paid work. In the UK, it is little more than one out of two. The UK combines the single parenthood levels of the most socially liberal societies with the single parent employment rates of the most socially conservative societies – the worst of both worlds.

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Source: http://www.iea.org.uk/blog/single-parenthood-the-poverty-industry%E2%80%99s-kryptonite

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