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The Two Extremes of Fatherhood [1]

['U.S. Census Bureau', 'Us Census Bureau', 'Lindsay M. Monte', 'June', 'March']

Date: 2022-01-20 09:27:21.150000-05:00

More than a quarter of the 121 million men in the United States are biological fathers of at least one child under the age of 18.

Four out of five fathers of minor children live with at least some of those children (79.8%). Almost three-quarters (72.6%) live with all of their minor children.

Additionally, there are 1.8 million men who are “solo” fathers to a minor child who live with that child and are not living with a spouse or partner.

Less than 6.0% (about 2 million) of all fathers of minor children are “solo” dads but 20.2% (about 7 million) are “absent” dads of all of their minor children.

“Solo” dads and “absent” dads both differ from the larger group of roughly 34 million fathers who have at least one child under the age of 18.

For example, they’re both more likely to have never married and to be living with their own parents.

This analysis is based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, which collects detailed information about U.S. families’ economic well-being as well as complete fertility histories for all adults.

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[1] Url: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/11/the-two-extremes-of-fatherhood.html

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