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Poverty Realities

Economic Self-Sufficiency

Still Wondering Why Poverty Can Be So Tough to Escape?

In order to be economically self-sufficient in Birmingham,

• a single adult with no children needs to earn $8.09 per hour
  to be able to meet his/her basic needs.
• a single parent with one child must earn $12.91 per hour.
• a single parent with two children must earn $15.20 per hour.
• two adults with two children must each earn $9.69 per hour.

Source: The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Alabama, February, 2003. A Study Prepared for the Arise Citizens’ Policy Project. (www. arisecitizens.org)

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