Research
Fatherless Homes Account For:
63% of Youth Suicides
71% of High School Dropouts
90% of Homeless & Runaway Children
1 in 4 children grow up without a father in the home.
There are currently more than 17,000,000 (other research suggests nearly 30,000,000) children growing up in America without their fathers.
A higher proportion of men than women were never married but both sexes experienced an increase in the proportion never married across age groups from 2006 to 2016.
Between 1960 and 2016, the percentage of children growing up with just mothers nearly tripled, from 8 to 23 percent.
A higher proportion of men than women were never married but both sexes experienced an increase in the proportion never married across age groups from 2006 to 2016.
Out-of-Wedlock Births
One of the main contributors to fatherlessness are divorce and out-of-wedlock births. In 2019 there were 1,498,113 out-of-wedlock births. That is 40% of all births in the United States.
Children from fatherless homes are:
2x more likely to drop out of high school
4x more likely to grow up in poverty.
7x more likely to become pregnant as a teen.
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Other Research
FBI Research on School Shooters (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households (Pew Research Center)
Juvenile delinquency: Father absence, conduct disorder, and substance abuse as risk factor triad. (American Psychological Association)
School Shooters: The Myth of the Stable Home (Peter Langman, Ph.D.)
The impact of family structure on the health of children: Effects of divorce* (National Library of Medicine)
Fathers' and Mothers' Involvement in Their Children's Schools by Family Type and Resident Status (National Center for Education Statstics)
Fatherhood and Child Well-Being: A Scan of Current Research (fatherhood.gov)
Historical Living Arrangements of Children (US Census Bureau)
Let’s Highlight a Few Things
1 in 4
Children in today’s world have an increasing amount of challenges, problems, and decisions to make. With technology and cyber bullying, increases in depression and anxiety, and constant pressures of life kids are becoming more and more bombarded. Children need both parents and with the growing absence of fathers, the focus is on the need for them. With the statistic at 1 in 4, we sincerely hope to change that. We applaud all single mothers and know they are doing their best. We just hope to promote and encourage fatherhood enough to help change this statistic.
40% of Births
Although it’s not our main focus, we promote and encourage marriage! Consistent data and experiences of others insist on marriage being the best way to raise children and keep fathers in the home. Understandably marriages don’t always work out but the benefit of children being raised with both parents in the home is insurmountable. Focusing on decreasing this number can help us increase the amount of fathers in the home!
23% of Mothers
As the U.S. Census Bureau stated “It is more common for mothers, however, to live without a partner — 23% of mothers and only 6% of fathers were living without a partner.” The gap shouldn’t exist, and men need to be more accountable and trustworthy as fathers. Within the statistics are death and other unwarranted circumstances, but for the majority we know it can be controlled. This statistic ties in every other statistic mentioned. Less out of wedlock births, less divorces, more men getting married, and so on. When fathers choose to be present, it will help the mother and the children in far greater ways than we will ever know.