A recent study by Pew Research has found that over the past few decades the rate of single father households with minor children has risen faster than single mother households.
In results released last week, Pew’s Social & Demographic Trends project found that single father homes with minor children went up from below 300,000 in 1960 to over 2.6 million in 2011, representing a ninefold increase.
By contrast, the rate of single mother households with minor children went from 1.9 million in 1960 to 8.6 million in 2011, or a fourfold increase.
Whereas, in 1960, single father homes with minor children made up 14 percent of all single parent homes, by 2011 they made up 24 percent.
“In this report, fathers include those men who are ages 15 or older, who are the head of their household, and who report living with their own minor children,” wrote Gretchen Livingston of Pew on Friday.
“The increase in single father households is likely due to a number of factors, most of which have also contributed to the increase in single mother households, and to the decline of two-married-parent households.”
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