The Rising Trend In Single Parent Statistics

According to the 2010 Census by Statistics Korea, there were over one million single-parent households as of last year in their country. Typical families consisting of both parents then accounted for less than half of all households across the country. In the USA, there are about fourteen million single parents responsible for raising a whopping twenty one million of the nation’s children. This is just but a reflection of the single parent statistics emerging worldwide. With acceleration in divorce rate, many families are split and two single parents emerge. However, no matter how one gets to be a single parent, there is no doubt that it is a fairly rocky path to walk.

As far as single parent statistics go, most single parents are mothers. Single mothers constitute eighty three percent of the single parents as compared to a low sixteen percent who are fathers. Most single mothers are either divorced or separated with their percentages being forty five while for those who have never been married standing at thirty four percent. Widows are also classified as single parents and are among the lowest in percentage.

As far as work goes, eighty percent of single mothers are employed, with fifty percent working full-time and thirty percent part-time. However it is sad to note that twenty seven percent of the single mothers live in poverty with their children. If you are in this bracket there are many grants offered both by the government and charitable organizations that are worth looking at.

Although the single fathers do not constitute a big percent of the single parents, their statistics are worth reviewing. Single parent statistics sets the figure of fathers who are either separated or divorced at fifty eight percent of all the single fathers. However in contrast to the single mothers, ninety percent of the single fathers are employed with seventy two percent of them working full time while only nineteen percent of them working part time.

Living life as single parents is not a death sentence in itself especially with the pressure of taking care of yourself and your children resting on your shoulders. All through the activities one has to carry out by themselves like work, housework, childcare, visitation schedule and all other children’s activities, one should never walk alone. There are organizations out there that reach out to single parents and try help financially, emotionally and even psychologically. It would be of great help to you if you joined such forums instead of trudging along this rocky path all by yourself.