singleparent families then face a much higher risk of poverty than families with two parents in every country while in families with two parents is income poor on average across the oecd the poverty risk is three times higher for singleparent families across the oecd this poverty risk affects about in children living in singleparent families children in this family situation nevertheless represent a growing share of the poor child population around of poor children are with in singleparent in on average in the oecd while their proportion was more than percentage points lower in