Statistics



• 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the national average,
• 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the national average,
• 85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the national average (Center for Disease Control),
• 80% of rapist motivated by displaced anger comes from fatherless homes. – 14 times the national average (Source: Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 14, pp. 403-26).
• 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times the national average  (National Principals Association Report),
• 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 times the national average  (Rainbows for All God’s Children),
• 70% of youths in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes – 9 times the national average  (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Sept. 1988), and
• 85% of all youths in prison come from fatherless homes – 20 times the national average (Fulton Co. Georgia, Texas Dept. of Correction).
• Of the state and federal prisoners who had minor children in 2004, 92% were men (Glaze & Maruschak, 2008).