Fatherless Kids Fun Facts

I was looking at some statistics that state 33% of US Children are raised in fatherless homes and then I started looking at the consequences:

• 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census)


• 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes (Source: Center for Disease Control)


• 80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes (Source: Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26, 1978.)


• 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes (Source: National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools.)


• 70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept 1988)


• 85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home (Source: Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections 1992)

Fatherless Kids Fun Facts