Rare and far in between. Not as common as single women taking care of their families.
Then talk about this from a perspective of a health care professional, that you come across such people. Or, to highlight a particular case of Munchausen syndrome. Your choice of words for the title and initial post suggest that the point of this thread is to make generalizations to rile up womena nd then mock them?
Okay, choose a title that you feel describes the character best.