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Show NATION/WORLD The Salt!LakeTribune Overseas Minors U.5.‘Trend | Households headed by moms, _»=gentbya singe aren } i = | Es higher poverty held in common | « ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘THE | WASHINGTON It’s not just an American homes increased es 3.3percentof all house- : for geass Paopersoni and Development It did not specify whether children in those homes where younger than18. zi i shifts are raising questions about howmuch help governmentshouldprovide single-parent {0M5.8 percent in 1990to7.6 percent in 1999 Othercountries with the largest increases’ families, which often are less well-off finan- nh { |} And just as was the case in America, those | cially than families headed bya married couple. Shouldsingle parents get tax breaks to help pay for child care? Should employers be moni- tored to make sure flexible work hours are offered? Annie Oliver, a 32-year-old single mother noea as es ea pae ou wouldn believe how Decoming a single parent suddenly made me a second-class citizen,” said Oliver, who struggles to keep a full-time job andcareforher disabled son. Around the world, most children younger than 18 still are raised in homes headed by married parents. In the United States; the 2000 census showed that 24.8 million, or nearly 24 percentofthe nation’s 105.5 million households, werethetraditional “Ozzie and Harriet” home with married parents and children. By comparison, 9.8 million households, or 9 percentofall U.S. households, were headed by a man or womanraising a child alone or without a spouseliving at home. Tn the/1990 census, 26 percent of homes were headedby a married motherand father, and 8 es cal d in . cas Guaid Geuck ind licopters searchad th af: are ter the crew of aapse Coast Guard he globe, single-parent | said “Planespottedtheboat Tues e ‘The numberofone,-parentfamilies increased from England to Austfalia during the 1990s, mirroring demographic shifts reported in the US. .S. census. - oeon cee In the United Kingdom, lone-parent family phenomenon: A Ieaiises ate on the rs THE ASSOCIATED PRESS those countries are notdirectly comparableto U.S. census figures becauseofdifferences in methodology ' j 5 Single parent households in Australia rose bbuarahans 1.8 percent of households omit eee 1990 percent in 1999; ireland, 1.8 percent to 2.8 percent; 2001 MIAMI A boat that may have been carrying about 30 Cubans ona clandestinetrip to the United si ya increases in single-parent homes occurredin other countries, thoughdata from | } Wednesday, November21, aE pales enginecraft, about 30feet long, was about 50 nautical ‘miles southeast of Key West, said Bb = ‘ quarters in Miami. a “Th geet i bil reai tea ROSSBESY this is theboat that was carry ineene yetfound tae y survivors, Petty I 1 @ Luxembourg,1.3 percentto Single-parent homes incr = most often in that about 30 people Tent C ub: countries where the nucle: amily more common thanan extended, multigenerational familyliving underoneroof, said demographer expected to arrive Saturday greater acceptance of single parenting since joined bypilots from the Cuban Martha FarnsworthRiche, a formerheadofthe Census Bureau. Those countries tend to have a speedbo: iy and, were The Coast Guard//began hing Sunday. They were there are fewer nearbyfamily membersto disapprove,Richesaid. Worldwide, most single parent homes are exile volunteer groupBrothers, to the Rescue. Weather conditions in the headed by women. In the United States, estimates this week from the Census 2000 upple- Straits were poor, to eight feet a Hundret of mentary Survey showthat six of 10 families w Cuban mi: in the any living in poverty were headed by a woman living withachildand no husband. “The position of one-parent families in any grants have Flor given country is very much a gender boat operatorsto smuggle them to the United States. Coast Guardofficials declined to say ssue — women’s opportunities, especially working- class womenon lowincome,” said Sue Cohen, coordinator of the Single Action Parents Net- have paid if smuggling w ‘ida-base d speed. pected in this case. workin England. “J. 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