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How does the gender wage gap impact women?
Women are the primary or co-breadwinners in two-thirds of households with children under 18. When they make less than men, their families pay a price. In fact, research shows that if unmarried women with kids made as much as men, the poverty rate for their families would fall by almost half.
And when women lose out, our economy loses out, too.
Source: Institute for Women’s Policy Research