Cause of Poverty in Single Parent Families

In class, we have discused the negative consequences of single parent families, especially families where fathers are not present, and how they contribute to a lot of problems. In my student-led discussion, I discussed some of the problems such as poverty in relation to non-residential fathers. In article, " The Marriage Gap: The Root Cause of Poverty," http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=CU06B01 statistics indicated that 36 % of female-headed families are below the poverty line in relation to 6% of married couples families in poverty. It also broke down women into two different groups. It indicated that one group was educated women and the other single-parent mothers. Researchers stated that single parent mothers who viewed marriage before children as an option lost all of the qualities of a two parent family. For example, a second source of income, babysitter, and a father figure in the midst of their children. This option contridicted a lot of the traditional roles and these "traditional arrangements" are maps that guide and mold their children as they go through out life and have their own children, too.
I think this is a very encouraging article, that should promote the awareness of premarital sex and the hardship of raising children in a single parent home, especially without a residential father.