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1) Marriage rates in Vermont have declined sharply since 1950, with 39.2% of children born to unmarried mothers in 2010 compared to only 2% in 1950. 2) Children living with single parents are far more likely to be in poverty, with 32.7% of single mothers and children living in poverty compared to only 3.5% of married couples with children. 3) Four in five poor families with children in Vermont are not married, indicating marriage can significantly reduce the risk of child poverty.

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1) The percentage of children born out of wedlock in Minnesota has risen dramatically since 1964, from 4.6% to over 33% in 2010, while the percentage of children born to married couples has declined from over 95% to 66.8% over the same period. 2) Children living in single-parent homes are nearly 9 times more likely to live in poverty compared to children from married, two-parent families. 3) Unmarried families now make up over 74% of poor families with children in Minnesota, showing a strong link between declining marriage rates and rising child poverty.

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1) The document discusses how the percentage of children born out of wedlock in Oregon has risen dramatically since the 1960s, from 5% to 35.7% in 2010, and how this impacts child poverty rates. 2) It shows that married couple families have much lower poverty rates (6.7% for married couples vs. 38.1% for single mothers). 3) Unwed birth rates vary strongly by race - over 60% of black children are born out of wedlock compared to around 30-50% for Hispanic and white children.

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