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Stats show a decline in the number of Adults with Children that Work
- The percentage of children whose single mothers were employed full-time declined from 50 percent in 2002 to 47 percent in 2003 and 2004.
- This decline came after the percentage had increased substantially from 39 percent in 1996 (the year in which welfare reform was first implemented) to 50 percent in 2002.
- The percentage of children with at least one resident parent employed full-time, full-year increased steadily, from 72 percent in 1990 to 80 percent in 2000, before gradually decreasing after 2000.
- Increases during the 1990 to 2000 period were particularly large for children in families headed by single parents, non-Hispanic black children, and children in poor families.
- Since the year 2000, the percentage of children with at least one parent employed full time has decreased to 78 percent in 2004.
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Date: 12/18/2005
New Research on Commuters
- Canadian workers are spending more time travelling to and from work: 63 minutes in 2005 (or almost 12 full days for someone who works full time), compared with 54 minutes in 1992.
- 12% of all workers who had travelled between home and work the previous day rated commuting as a "1", indicating that they disliked it a great deal
- 18% gave it a "2", indicating that they disliked the activity but not a great deal.
- The percentage of workers who were negative about commuting to and from work (30%) was lower than the proportion of workers who said they liked it (38%).
- One out of six workers (16%) even said that they liked commuting a great deal.
- 40% of workers reported that commuting between home and work was a transition that they found "useful"
- In 2005, only 23% of people who travelled between home and work on mass transit said they liked commuting, compared with 39% of drivers.
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Date: 12/16/2005
Stats show that Number of Children with Health Insurance Has Decreased
- The percentage of all children under age 18 with private health insurance coverage decreased from 71 percent in 2000 to 65 percent in 2005.
- the percentage of children with Medicaid increased from 20 percent to 27 percent.
- Eighty-nine percent of children were covered by private or government health insurance in 2005.
- Children's health insurance coverage comes from two major sources-private insurance companies and the government (much of which comes from Medicaid).
- Medicaid coverage for children increased from 20 percent of all children under age 18 in 2000 to 27 percent in 2005.
- The percentage of children with private health insurance decreased from 71 percent in 2000 to 65 percent in 2005.
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Date: 12/16/2005
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