Dads Against Discrimination of WV.

Statistics

•63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes.
U. S. D.H.H.S. Bureau of the Census

•90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes.
•85%of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes.
Center for Disease Control

•80% of rapist motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes.
Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol.14 p. 403-26

•71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes.
National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools

•70% of juveniles in state operated institutions come form fatherless homes
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept., 1988

•85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home.
Fulton County Georgia jail populations and Texas Dept. of Corrections, 1992

What does this mean?

Children from fatherless homes are:
5 times more likely to commit suicide.
32 times more likely to run away.
20 times more likely to have behavior disorders.
14 times more likely to commit rape.
9 times more likely to drop out of school.
20 times more likely to end up in prison.

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