U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households (2019)
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#4Interesting how closely the UK shares our value system, based on these stats
I wonder if Canada would be the same without the indigenous cultural and French influence
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#5Seemingly mostly due to extended family homes being rare here, as that doesn't count as single-parent in this way of measuring.
Single parent USA: 23%
Single parent world: 7%
Extended family USA: 8%
Extended family world: 38%
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#7How does India have such a low number with their high population?
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#10Freakonomics most recent podcast episode was about this very topic, and the data that indicates how valuable two-parent households can be to the parents and the children.
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/when-did-marriage-become-a-...