For decades, the share of U.S. children living with a single parent has been rising, accompanied by a decline in marriage rates and a rise in births outside of marriage. A new study of 130 countries and territories shows that the U.S. now has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households.
U.S. “leads” in single-parent families
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