A single-parent family has been stereotyped as a place where women are the primary contributors. They are also women who do not have or do not maintain jobs and rely on the government to provide for themselves and their children. However, from personal experience, in some states it can be the opposite. In fact, "single mothers are more than twice as likely to be unemployed (12%) than mothers of married families (5%); and the majority of employed single mothers - 59% - work in retail , service, and administrative jobs that typically provide low wages and few benefits" (Mather,