| inbluevt | Date: Wednesday, 2013/07/03, 9:14 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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A record 8% of households with minor children in the United States are headed by a single father, up from just over 1% in 1960, according
to a Pew Research Center analysis of Decennial Census and American
Community Survey data. The number of single father households has increased about ninefold since
1960, from less than 300,000 to more than 2.6 million in 2011.1 In comparison, the number of single mother households increased more
than fourfold during that time period, up to 8.6 million in 2011, from
1.9 million in 1960.As a result, men make up a growing share of single parent householders.2 In 1960, about 14% of single parent households were headed by fathers, today almost one-quarter (24%) are.
There are some notable differences between single mothers and single fathers. Single fathers are more likely than single mothers to be living
with a cohabiting partner (41% versus 16%). Single fathers, on average,
have higher incomes than single mothers and are far less likely to be
living at or below the poverty line—24% versus 43%. Single fathers are
also somewhat less educated than single mothers, older and more likely
to be white.
Read the entire study
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