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Thursday, December 15, 2011

More Stats

One in 45 children in the USA — 1.6 million children — were living on the street, in homeless shelters or motels, or doubled up with other families last year, according to the National Center on Family Homelessness.

Nearly 20% of women in the US are raped or suffer attempted rape at some point in their lives. Even more women, estimated at 25%, have been attacked by a partner or husband.
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