http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Low-Income-Families.html?oref=login 39M Americans in Working Poor Families
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 12, 2004
Filed at 8:49 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One in every five U.S. jobs pays less than a poverty-level wage for a family of four, according to a study by the nonpartisan Working Poor Families Project.
The result of so many low-paying jobs is that nearly 39 million Americans, including 20 million children, are members of ``low-income working families'' -- with barely enough money to cover basic needs like housing, groceries and child care, the study found.
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The study classified a ``working family'' as one in which there was one or more children and at least one family member had a job or was actively seeking work.
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