![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 6 Conversely, more than one-fourth of fathers (27%) are living apart from at least one of their children: 16% are living apart from all of their children, and 11% are living apart from some of their children.Īmong fathers of children ages 5-18, 70% are living with all of those children-meaning that three-in-ten are living apart from at least one of their children. ![]() Overall, 73% of men with children 18 or younger report that they live with those children at least part of the time (i.e., they “co-reside”). For fathers with at least a bachelor’s degree, the share married to the mother of their children jumps to 83%. The share rises to 50% for fathers who have a high school diploma. Among fathers with less than a high school diploma, 40% are married to their children’s mother. Among Hispanic biological fathers, this share is 50%.Įducation is closely linked with the likelihood of a biological father’s being married to the mother of his children. Some 36% of blacks are in this situation, compared with 59% of whites. While they are far less likely than their older counterparts to be married to the mother of their children, more than half of fathers ages 20-24 (53%) and 25-29 (62%) are still in a relationship-marital or cohabiting-with the mother of their children.īlack biological fathers are far less likely than white biological fathers to be married to the mother of their children. In comparison, 58% of fathers ages 40-44 are married to the mother of their children. Some 26% of dads ages 20-24 report as much, as do 47% of dads ages 25-29. An additional 7% of biological fathers are cohabiting with the mother of their children.įathers under age 30 are less likely than older fathers to be married to the mother of their children. Just over half (55%) of men with biological children are married to the biological mother of all of those children. In comparison, almost two-thirds (65%) of those who never completed high school have a child out of wedlock, as do over half (51%) of those whose highest educational attainment is a high school diploma. Only 13% of those with at least a bachelor’s degree report a nonmarital birth. Among black men, 72% have had a child out of wedlock, and 48% have had one in marriage and among Hispanic men, 59% have had a birth out of wedlock, and 58% have had a birth within a marriage.īiological fathers with high levels of education are far less likely to have had a child out of wedlock than their less-educated counterparts. Black and Hispanic fathers are much more likely to report having had a nonmarital birth. Some 37% of white biological dads have had at least one child out of wedlock, while 77% have had a birth within a marriage. There are notable differences by race and ethnicity, as well. Among biological fathers ages 20 to 24, more than three-fourths (76%) have had a child out of wedlock, while this share drops to 36% for fathers ages 35 to 44. In contrast, 69% report that they have had at least one of their children within a marriage.Īmong young and middle-aged men, the likelihood of having a child out of wedlock varies by cohort. Nearly half (46%) of men ages 15 to 44 with biological children report that at least one of their children was born outside of marriage, 5 and 31% report that all of their children were born outside of marriage. ![]()
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