- 15.3 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
- 4.6 times more likely to commit suicide
- 6.6 times more likely to become teenaged mothers
- 24.3 times more likely to run away
- 6.3 times more likely to be in a state-operated institutions
- 10.8 times more likely to commit rape
- 6.6 times more likely to drop out of school
- 15.3 times more likely to end up in prison while a teenage
- 73% of adolescent murderers come from mother only homes
- Daughters who live in mother only homes are 92% more likely to divorce**
* Most statistics from a 1999 report of the Department of Health and Human Services. **See the book Father and Child Reunionfor more scientific studies and proof.
More Statistics on Fatherlessness -- CHILDREN NEED BOTH PARENTS -- it is a fact! Here is why:
- 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census).
- 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes.
- 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. (Source: Center for Disease Control).
- 80% of rapist motivated by displaced anger come from fatherless homes. (Source: Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 14, pp. 403-26).
- 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. (Source: National Principals Assoc. Report on the State of High Schools).
- 85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. (Source: Fulton County Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. Of Corrections, 1992).
These statistics mean that children from fatherless homes are:
- 5 times more likely to commit suicide
- 32 times more likely to run away
- 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
- 14 times more likely to commit rape
- 9 times more likely to drop out of high school
- 20 times more likely to end up in prison
see Fathers Unite website for more information.