In the United States in 1993

• More than 9,000,000 children received AFDC.
• Most AFDC families live in large cities and small rural towns.
• 42% of AFDC families are made up of one parent and one child.
• Most families apply for AFDC following a divorce or separation, or after the birth of a child to a single parent.
• The average welfare family receives benefits for less than six months at a time.
• Half of all single parents applying for AFDC leave welfare within a year.
• Almost 75% leave within two years.
• Less than 15% of the people on welfare stay on long term.
• About half the parents on AFDC have not finished high school.

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