WHO'S ON WELFARE?
Average age: 28.3 YEARS
FEMALE: 95.7 percent
Male: 4.3 PERCENT
AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN: two
Average age at birth of first child: 23.3 YEARS
AVERAGE EDUCATION: 11.1 years
Black: 53.3 PERCENT
WHITE: 43.7 percent
Other: 3 PERCENT
EMPLOYED: 11.5 percent
Single: 95.6 PERCENT
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