When considering poverty rates in Canada in 2016, which of the following statements is true?
A) Low-income rates are higher for unattached persons than those who are attached.
B) Female lone-parent families have the highest poverty rates of all family groups.
C) Male lone-parent families have the highest poverty rates of all family groups.
D) Among one-earner couples, there are much lower rates of poverty when children are present.
E) The poverty rate was 21.2 percent for two-parent families with children.

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According to Statistics Canada, female lone-parent families had the highest poverty rates of all family groups in 2016 with a rate of 34.0 percent, compared to a rate of 25.1 percent for male lone-parent families, and 12.1 percent for two-parent families. Low-income rates are also generally higher for unattached individuals, but this is not specified as a family group in the options given. Option D is partially true, as one-earner couples without children have a lower poverty rate (4.4 percent) than those with children (8.4 percent), but this is not specified in the options given. Option E is close to the true poverty rate for two-parent families with children, which was 11.1 percent in 2016, not 21.2 percent.

When Considering Poverty Rates in Canada in 2016, Which of the Following