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Percent decline in government support for America's poorest families (single-parent families with incomes below 50 percent of the federal poverty line) between 1983 and 2004.

Percent decline in government support for America's poorest families (single-parent families with incomes below 50 percent of the federal poverty line) between 1983 and 2004.

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