Most Children Born To A Single Woman
Record For Woman Having The Most Children
One in four children in the United States is being raised by a single parent — a percentage that has been on the rise and is higher than other developed countries, according to a report released Wednesday. Of the 27 industrialized countries studied by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the U.S. Had 25.8 percent of children being raised by a single parent, compared with an average of 14.9 percent across the other countries. In the African American community, Ireland was second (24.3 percent), followed by New Zealand (23.7 percent). Greece, Spain, Italy and Luxemborg had among the lowest percentages of children in single-parent homes.
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According to a local monastery's report to the government in Moscow, between 1725 and 1765 Mrs Vassilyev popped out 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets, over 27 separate labours. The grand total: 69 children.
Experts point to a variety of factors to explain the high U.S. Figure, including a cultural shift toward greater acceptance of single-parent child rearing.
Most Children Born To One Person
Also lacks policies to help support families, including childcare at work and national paid maternity leave, which are commonplace in other countries. “When our parents married, there was a sense that you were marrying for life,” said Edward Zigler, founder and director of Yale’s Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy. “That sense is not as prevalent.” Single parents in the U.S.
Were more likely to be employed — 35.8 percent compared to a 21.3 percent average — but they also had higher rates of poverty, the report found. “The in-work poverty is higher in the U.S. Than other OECD countries, because at the bottom end of the labor market, earnings are very low,” said Willem Adema, a senior economist in the group’s social policy division. “For parents, the risk is higher because they have to make expenditures on childcare costs.” The Paris-based organization looked at a broad sector of indicators that affected families and children, including childhood poverty, early education and amount of time spent on parental care. Across the nations examined, preschool enrollment has grown from 30 to 50 percent between 1998 and 2007.
