"US Children Living Only With Their Mothers Has Doubled In 50 Years"

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News US children less two parent households mother only households has doubled since 1968 US families have changed two parent homes has fallen to 70% marriage rates in the US are dropping living arrangements can affect children's outcomes US has the world's highest rates of single-parent households in Britain less then half of households have two parent homes

For whatever it actually means, the U.S. Censes Bureau in a 2022 study says the number of U.S. children living with two parents has dropped since 1968. Fifty years ago 85% of children under 18 lived with two parents, but by 2020 it had fallen to 70%. The report also found that the number of children living only with their mother has doubled since 1968. The findings coincide with a significant drop in marriage rates in the U.S., making the country having the world's highest rate of children living in single-parent households.

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