About Half of Kids With Single Moms Live in Poverty

Wall Street Journal ^ | November 25, 2013 | Josh Mitchell

[Prolixus]

The effect of married fathers on child outcomes can be quite pronounced. For example, examination of families with the same race and same parental education shows that, when compared to intact married families, children from single-parent homes are:

More than twice as likely to be arrested for a juvenile crime;[20]
Twice as likely to be treated for emotional and behavioral problems;[21]
Roughly twice as likely to be suspended or expelled from school;[22] and
A third more likely to drop out before completing high school.[23]

Comparing families of the same race and similar incomes, children from broken and single-parent homes are three times more likely to end up in jail by the time they reach age 30 than are children raised in intact married families. [24] Compared to girls raised in similar married families, girls from single-parent homes are more than twice as likely to have a child without being married, thereby repeating the negative cycle for another generation.[25]

Source:
Special Report #117 on Poverty and Inequality

September 5, 2012
Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty By Robert Rector

Thanks. This should be common knowledge.

[joma89]

...and virtually all of them vote demo-rat! Kind of makes one wonder.

JoMa