This chart shows the percentage of households that do not make enough money to meet their basic needs, as defined by the Self Sufficiency Standard, by level of education, race, and gender. It demonstrates the huge impact of education on households headed by nonwhites.   For a nonwhite female, obtaining a bachelor’s degree greatly increases a household’s ability to earn enough money to make ends meet. 76 percent of households headed by nonwhite females without a high school diploma cannot earn enough money to make ends meet. Among nonwhite female headed households that have a bacholor’s degree, only 28.1 percent have trouble making ends meet.