Yesterday on Rush, we heard some alarming statistics on children being born out of wedlock or otherwise fatherless in the US. This will be a harbinger of things to come. There’s no escaping it. What are men to do about it? Find a girl, settle down...live happily ever-after or die trying? Not anymore...Not with this “War on Women” going on out there./s
44% of Americans admit that they have cohabited at some point in their lives (men = 46%; women = 41%). Those aged 30-49 were most likely to have cohabited (57%). 44% of 18-29 year olds have as well, followed by 42% of 50-64 year olds, and 18% of 65+. By race, blacks are most likely to have cohabited (47%), followed by white (44%) and Hispanic (39% – which includes any non-white and non-black person). ^
63% of cohabiters had children before moving in together, and 25% of married couples had children before getting married. ^
Only 34% of adults age 18-29 think cohabiting parents is bad for society, compared to 58% of the oldest adults. ^
68% of adults believed premarital sex was wrong in 1968, compared to only 32% who said the same in 2009. ^
Children born out of wedlock has increased from 5% in 1960 to 28% in 1990 to 41% in 2008. 72% of black women giving birth were unmarried in 2008, compared to 53% of Hispanics and 29% of whites. ^
5% of divorced parents have sole-custody of the children (the number of women who have sole custody is double that of men), 35% share custody, and 18% have no custody at all. ^
Women constitute 77% of the total number of unmarried parents living with children. ^
52% of black children, 27% of Hispanic children, and 18% of white children are being raised in single-parent homes. 19% of black adults are living in households with a child but no spouse. ^
83% of unmarried adults who want to get married also want to have kids. 31% who do not want to get married want to have kids anyway (30% do not want kids and 38% aren’t sure). ^
In 1980 only 10% of women age 40-44 were childless. By 2008 that number increased to 18% (white women most likely to be childless)
Between 1960 and 1990, the percentage of children living apart from their biological fathers more than doubled, from 17 percent to 36 percent. http://mensightmagazine.com/Articles/Popenoe/nofathers.htm
Children who are raised without their fathers account for 63 percent of youth suicides, 71 percent of pregnant teenagers, 90 percent of homeless and runaway children, 85 percent of behavioral disorders exhibited by children, and 71 percent of high school dropouts, in the United States. House Concurrent Resolution 147; [2001?]. https://fatherhood.safeserver.com/legislative.htm.
A child born to a single mother is twice as likely to drop out of high school, twice as likely to have a child before age twenty, and one and a half times as likely to be out of school and out of work in his/her late teens and early twenties. U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, (estimated) Executive Summary:Status of Children in America http://www.prcdc.org/summaries/children/children.html
The general health problems of children from broken homes increase by 20 to 30%, even when adjusting for demographic factors (economic status, etc.). Studies cited in "Twice as strong," The Christian American, March/April 1996, p. 28 http://www.leaderu.com/marco/marriage/gaymarriage5.html#ref221
70% of children in state reform institutions grew up in single-parent or no-parent homes. "Be glad for the undoing of no-faults," Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, February 15, 1996, p. B-5. http://www.leaderu.com/marco/marriage/gaymarriage5.html#ref224
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