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If you look at the numbers, the US seems to be doing a lot better than the rest of the world since 68% of children live in two-parent households versus 51% in t
by athinggoingon 6y ago
If you look at the numbers, the US seems to be doing a lot better than the rest of the world since 68% of children live in two-parent households versus 51% in the rest of the world.
"While U.S. children are more likely than children elsewhere to live in single-parent households, they’re much less likely to live in extended families. In the U.S., 8% of children live with relatives such as aunts and grandparents, compared with 38% of children globally."
- aaron695 6y agoExtended can include two-parents, which is marked as extended not two-parent in this study. So you can't tell. I would think most extendeds in the 38% are two-parent. But it's a good question. Many single parents would also be marked as extended.
- username90 6y agoHow does this count when parents get new partners they live with? Is that extended? The new partner didn't adopt the child so isn't technically a parent.
- aaron695 6y agoExtended is related. Flatmates, for instance, arent counted in the study.