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Already badly off, single parents went dramatically backwards during COVID. They are raising our future adults

  • Written by Tom Crowley, Associate, Grattan Institute
Already badly off, single parents went dramatically backwards during COVID. They are raising our future adultsLightField Studios/Shutterstock

Single parents with dependent children — eight out of ten of them women — were far more likely than others to lose work at the height of the pandemic and are far more likely to still be out of work now.

Even before COVID, many were in financial distress.

Single parents’ paid hours fell more than 30%...

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