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Table 6 Number of children likely to be drawn into poverty by parental smoking (thousands)

From: Parental smoking and child poverty in the UK: an analysis of national survey data

Children with a single parent who smokes

Number of children in household

One Child

Two Children

Three or more children

Total

Total drawn into poverty

Single mother

49

97

90

236

118

Single father

5

10

9

24

12

Children with two parents of whom at least one smokes

Married, one smokes

43

92

85

220

110

Cohabitating, one smokes

34

71

66

172

86

Married, both smoke

12

25

23

60

60

Cohabitating, both smoke

9

19

18

47

47

Total

99

207

192

758

432

  1. Assumptions: If all parents in household smoke their children are drawn into poverty by expenditure on cigarettes. Half of children living with two parents, one of whom smokes, are drawn into poverty.
  2. Note: Estimates rounded to the nearest thousand.