Startling Statistics
Results of a recent Men Against Domestic Violence
Survey indicate that:
85% of all children that exhibit behavioral
disorders come fromfatherless homes.
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless
homes.
75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers
come from fatherless homes.
70% of juveniles in state operated institutions come
from fatherless homes.
85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in fatherless
homes.
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come
from fatherless homes.
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from
fatherless homes.
These statistics translate to mean that children
from a fatherless home are:
20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
9 times more likely to drop out of high school
10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances
9 times more likely to end up in state operated institutions
20 times more likely to end up in prison
10 times more likely to commit rape ... and
32 times more likely to run away from home