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Year

Total Children
on AFDC

Children on AFDC
Father Absent^{[table 1]}

Percent

1963

2,952,000

1,889,000

64.0

1962

2,849,000

1,803,000

63.3

1961

2,613,000

1,666,000

63.8

1960

2,330,000

1,498,000

64.3

1959

2,247,000

1,404,000

62.5

1958

2,092,000

1,280,000

61.2

1957

1,832,000

1,104,000

60.3

1956

1,708,000

1,016,000

59.5

1955

1,692,000

0,983,000

58.1

1954

1,567,000

0,885,000

56.5

1953

1,494,000

0,820,000

54.9

1952

1,528,000

0,809,000

52.9

1951

1,618,000

0,827,000

51.1

1950

1,660,000

0,818,000

49.3

1949

1,366,000

0,648,000

47.4

1948

1,146,000

0,522,000

45.5

1947

1,009,000

0,441,000

43.7

1946

0,799,000

0,334,000

41.8

1945

0,647,000

0,257,000

39.7

1944

0,651,000

0,247,000

37.9

1943

0,746,000

0,269,000

36.1

1942

0,952,000

0,325,000

34.1

1941

0,946,000

0,304,000

32.1

1940

0,835,000

0,253,000

30.3

1. Excludes those whose father was dead or incapacitated.

Source:

Trend Report, "Graphic Presentation of Public Assistance and Related Data," HEW, 1963.

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