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> Many boys are thus often growing up raised by single mothers, the share more than doubling between 1980 and 2019, from 18 percent to 40 percent. The study he
by rank0 5y ago
> Many boys are thus often growing up raised by single mothers, the share more than doubling between 1980 and 2019, from 18 percent to 40 percent.
The study he sites at https://www.statista.com/statistics/276025/us-percentage-of-births-to-unmarried-women/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/276025/us-percentage-of-... is titled "Percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States from 1980 to 2019"
I think it's quite dishonest to present this data as "2/5 men are raised without a father." I simply do not believe that claim. Maybe my perception of the country is detached from reality so please correct me if my intuition is wrong.
- MathCodeLove 5y agoInstead of stating "I dont believe that" how about you post some data to the contrary?
- rank0 5y agoSure. My data is the same study that Yang cites. Being born to an unmarried woman != raised fatherless.
- hjadal 5y agoI think they misinterpreted the statictics which they linked. According to a https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/single-parent-day.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/single-parent-day.ht... it is 23%, assuming that the share between boys and girls is the same, which is still a lot but not 40%.
- rank0 5y agoYeah that's pretty rough at 23%. But still, I think it'd be a stretch to infer that all those children are being raised by one person. Many parents are divorced, but still actively participate in raising their child. Further, some of those 23% are bound to be temporary situations. My initial gut reaction to your link just says "whenever this census was conducted 23% of minors had only one adult in the house." Not trying to downplay the issue of single motherhood, but the statistics available just seem fuzzy.