Just the facts: fatherhood statistics for your use.
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Find various fatherhood statistics showing fatherhood and its impact on families.
Just the facts: father absence in America.
In America, 23.6% of children (17.4 million) lived in father-absent homes in 2014.
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2015.)
Just the facts: by state.
Mississippi has the highest number of children living in father-absent homes (36.2%) followed by Louisiana (34.4%) and Alabama (30.7%). The three states with the lowest rates of father absence are…Utah (11.5%), North Dakota (14.4%), and Idaho (16%).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2013).
Just the facts: fatherhood and prison.
92% of parents in prison are fathers, and between 1991 and 2007 the number of children with an incarcerated father grew 79%. Even after controlling for income, youths in father-absent households still had significantly higher odds of incarceration than those in mother-father families. Youths who never had a father in the household experienced the highest odds.
Source: Harper, Cynthia C. & Sara S. McLanahan. “Father Absence and Youth Incarceration.” Journal of Research on Adolescence 14 (September 2004): 369-397.
Source: Glaze, L.E., & Maruschak, L.M. (2010). Parents in prison and their minor children. Washtington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Just the facts: single parents.
In 2011, children living in female-headed homes with no spouse present had a poverty rate of 47.6%.
This is over four times the rate for children living in married couple families. Additionally, Children living in female-headed homes with no spouse present have a poverty rate of 47.6% – over four times the rate of children living in married couple families.
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2012). Information on poverty and income statistics: A summary of 2012 current population survey data.
