From: Parental smoking and child poverty in the UK: an analysis of national survey data
Children with a single parent who smokes | |||||
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Number of children in household | One Child | Two Children | Three or more children | Total | Total drawn into poverty |
Single mother | 49 | 97 | 90 | 236 | 118 |
Single father | 5 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 12 |
Children with two parents of whom at least one smokes | |||||
Married, one smokes | 43 | 92 | 85 | 220 | 110 |
Cohabitating, one smokes | 34 | 71 | 66 | 172 | 86 |
Married, both smoke | 12 | 25 | 23 | 60 | 60 |
Cohabitating, both smoke | 9 | 19 | 18 | 47 | 47 |
Total | 99 | 207 | 192 | 758 | 432 |