FILE -A mother takes her daughter to a school. The number of children living with their mothers only has doubled since 1968, while the number of children living in a double-parent household has decreased significantly in the same amount of time, according to the U.S.
Census Bureau.About 7.6 million (11%) of children lived with their mother only in 1968 compared to 15.3 million (21%) in 2020.
The number of children who lived with their father only, while significantly lower than those who live with their mother only, quadrupled from 0.8 million (1%) to 3.3 million (4.5%) between 1968 and 2020.In 1968, about 85% of children in the U.S.