Just in time for Father’s Day, the Pew Research Center
released a study on children under the age of 18 living with their
parents. Since 1960, while the
percentage of children living apart from their mothers has increased only
marginally (from four to eight percent) the percentage of children living
separately from their fathers has risen dramatically. In 1960, 11% of children lived apart from their fathers, but
in 2010, that figure has risen to more than 1 in 4 (27%). Black and Hispanic fathers more likely
to reside separately from their children at 44% and 35% respectively. Educational attainment also plays a key
role in predicting whether the father will live separately from the child, with
only 7% of fathers with a college degree living apart from their children. In the survey, 27% of fathers who live
apart from their children say they had not seen their child once in the
previous year, but 41% say they exchange calls and emails several times a week.
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