Fatherlessness brings poverty
a.. In America, among families with dependent children, only 8.3 per cent of married couples were living below the poverty line, compared to 47.1 percent of female-headed households.
b.. In Australia, a recent study of 500 divorcees with children five to eight years after the separation found that four in five divorced mothers were dependent on social security after their marriages dissolved.
c.. Figures from Monash University's Centre for Population and Urban Research show that family break-up, rather than unemployment, is the main cause of the rise in poverty levels in Australia.
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Fatherlessness lowers educational performance
Fatherlessness increases crimeTHE FACTS ON FATHERLESSNESS Prepared for the Fatherhood Foundation by Bill Muehlenberg, Australian Family buttociation - August 2002 Fatherlessness is a growing problem...
a.. American children from intact families have a 21 per cent chance of dropping out of high school whereas children from broken families have a 46 per cent chance.
b.. American school children who became father-absent early in life generally scored significantly lower on measures of IQ and achievement tests.
c.. A study of Australian primary school children from three family types (married heteroloveual couples, cohabiting heteroloveual couples and homoloveual couples) found that in every area of educational endeavour (language; mathematics; social studies; sport; clbutt work, sociability and popularity; and atbreastudes to learning), children from married heteroloveual couples performed better than the other two groups. The study concludes with these words: "Married couples seem to offer the best environment for a child 's social and educational development".
