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THE
MANE LION - THE EVER CHANGING FAMILY
Single parent families have
changed America in a huge way. These are facts about
American children. The above listed information dealt
with child abuse information-this deals with the way
the family today as we know it is changing & has
already changed. There are many things to take into
consideration-you WILL have an idea of how complex
our country has become regarding the "All American
Family" after you read this information. I ask
that you be the judge of what you read-what has happened
in our country is affecting/effecting the lives of
our children-of this you can be sure.
- 1
in 2 will live in a single parent family at some point
in childhood.(when my father died I was 18-with a
brother 14 and mother age 56-overnight we became a
single parent family & it rocked our world)
- 1
in 4 lives with only one parent
- 1
in 8 is born to a teenage mother
- 1
in 25 lives with neither parent
- Between
1978 and 1996 the number of babies born to unmarried
women quadrupled from 500,000 to 2 Million(The State
of Americas Children-1998yearbook Childrens Defense
Fund)
Some single parent statistics:
- 11.9
Million single parents in the U.S.
- 28%
20MILLION of all children in the US are under age
18 and live with one parent
- 5
Million more are over the age of 18 and live with
one parent
- 84%
of children who live with one parent live with their
MOTHER!
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the percentage
of children who live with their parents is declining
among ALL races and ethnic groups.
- 32%
of all births were to unmarried women in 1997
- the
number of single mothers (9.8 Million) has remained
constant while the number of single fathers grew 25%
in three years to 2.1 million in 1998
Of Children living with one
parent:
- 38%
lived with a divorced parent
- 35%
lived with a never married person
- 19%
lived with a separated person
- 4%
lived with a widowed parent
- 4%
lived with a parent whose spouse lived elsewhere because
of business or other reasons
These statstics are from the U.S Census Bureau-The
National Center For Health Statitics-The U.S.(March
1998 supplement for Current Population Survey) U.S
Census Bureau Household and Family Characteristics
March 1998.
Divorce statistics on parents:
- 2
and a half million people divorce each year
- half
of all marriages end in divorce
- 1
in 60 children see their parents divorce in any year
- more
than half of Americans today have been-are-or will
be in one more step-parent or step-sibling situation
Guardians and Foster Care:
- 1
in 24 children lives with neither parent
- 547,000
children were in foster care as of March 31,1999-A
35% increase since 1990 with 117,000 of these children
waiting for permanent homes-
The number of children in foster care who are cared
for by extended family (grandparents-aunts and uncles)
continues to increase:
- about
6% of all children(4.1Million) are living in households
with one or both grandparents
Gay-Lesbian and Unmarried partner
households:
- between
6 & 10 Million children of gay. lesbian and bisexual
parents currently live in the U.S.
- The
number of unmarried partners households has increased
by 72% from 3 Million in 1990 to 5.5 Million by 2000(These
figures include both same sex & different sex
couples)
These statistics and information are just a brief
overview of what the family types in the United States
look like. They show how millions of children are
being raised by single-divorced-gay-lesbian-bisexual-adoptive
parents-guardians & extended family. These statistics
are from The US Census Bureau-National Center For
Human Statistics-US Census Bureau March 1998 Supplement
Current Population Survey and Family Characteristics
March 1998.
"TBL"
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