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U.S. NEWS Monday 17 June 2019

Census says more than 60% of U.S. men are fathers

By MIKE SCHNEIDER differences in workforce
Associated Press participation between
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Fa- fathers and mothers with
thers in the U.S. tend to be young children. Nearly 90%
better educated than men of fathers whose young-
without children, and rela- est child was under age 6
tively few men have chil- were employed, while that
dren over age 40. figure was only around 60%
These are some of the for mothers, according to
conclusions in a report re- the report. There was no
leased this week by the U.S. difference between the
Census Bureau, just in time sexes for childless men and
for Father's Day. women.
The data in the report come Men with children tend-
from 2014 when the bureau ed to be more educated
for the first time asked both than those without kids,
men and women about although the report noted In this June 21, 2009 file photo, fans tour in front of the scoreboard in Fenway Park in Boston in
their fertility histories. The that may be the result of celebration of Father's Day following a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Boston
goal of the report was to age since the chances Red Sox.
shed greater light on men's of becoming fathers and Associated Press
fertility, a topic less known reaching higher-education
than that of women's fertil- levels increases with age.
ity, according to the Cen- Fatherhood also varied by
sus Bureau. race, ethnic background
"In recent decades, there and age.
has been growing public Almost 30% of Hispanics in
and academic interest in their 20s were fathers. That
fathers and fatherhood was true for about a quar-
given the importance of ter of black men, more than
fathers in children's lives," a fifth of white men and an
the report said. eighth of Asian men.
It found more than 60% of By the time men were in
the 121 million adult men in their 40s, those disparities
the U.S. were fathers. had narrowed. More than
About three-quarters of fa- 83% of Hispanics were fa-
thers were married. Almost thers, around 80% of black
13% of dads were divorced and Asian men were dads
and 8% had never been and around three-quar-
married. ters of white men were
Just under a quarter of fathers.q
U.S. men between ages 40
and 50 were childless, and
about 17% had never been
married by the time they
were in their 40s. Both fig-
ures were noticeably high-
er than for women who
had reached middle age.
Just under 16% of women
between ages 40 and 50
were childless, and 14%
had never been married,
according to the report.
There were also noticeable