According to PewResearch Center, the US has the world’s highest rate of children living
with single parents. As per data received in 2018, almost a quarter of American
children under the age of 18 lived with a single parent – and no other adults
present in the household, except adult children.
The survey also concluded that mothers usually get the responsibility
of children with 20% of children in the US living with just their mothers –
compared to 5% who lived with their father.
When it comes to ethnicity, 49% of black children were
reported to be living with one parent while Hispanic and white kids comprised 28% and 21% respectively.
The UK follows the USA and has the second-highest rate of single
parenting. Other countries on the list
included Sao Tome and Principe, Russia, and Denmark. The only African country
part of the Infographic is Kenya with over 15% of children living with single
parents.
Afghanistan, Mali, and Turkey are listed as the countries
with the lowest rate of single parenting amongst the surveyed regions.
Developed countries accounted for the majority of households
with single parents. However, the survey did not count the parents who did not cohabitate
with their significant other but lived in extended families – such as those
that have grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins living in the same
household.
