Comment by runarberg

Correlation is not causation. Could it be that a third variable (say stress) is causing both high divorce rates and mass poverty?

Also the article you link to and quote is about unmarried couples vs. married couples, the source for these number is confusing to say the least, and focuses on the US where single parents don’t get that much welfare, which neither adds nor removes anything from my point that: single parenting is not by it self a good predictor of poverty.