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The feminization of poverty results from rising divorce rates and increasing numbers of single-parent families. It is extremely difficult for one person to take care of child and have a job that could pay enough to rise out of poverty. This is complicated by the fact that women earn less for doing the same work than their equally-qualified male counterparts.
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