notes poverty rates are based on countryspecific poverty lines and therefore not comparable from one country toanother poverty rates for france and the republic of moldova are calculated as percentage of population living in loneparent households that are below the poverty line while for the other countries the poverty rates are calculated as percentage of loneparent households that are belowthe poverty line poverty rates for canada are based on income after taxes lone mothers with children are more likely to be poor in other parts of the world as well table