Single Motherhood in the United States – A Snapshot (2012)

Single motherhood is very common.  Around half of  today’s mothers will spend at least some time as the sole custodial parent.  At any one time, almost one quarter of mothers are single mothers. Read more about single mothers in this report, including on employment, income, and poverty.

 

Single Mothers Snapshot

Did You Know...

Women who have graduated from high school on average earn less than men who are high school dropouts.

Publication Highlight

"Risk Assessment and Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: The Hidden Dimension of Domestic Violence"
This article is by Lynn Hecht Schafran for Judicature Magazine. Risk assessment is of critical concern to judges in every kind of domestic violence case. Recent research documents the importance of a largely ignored sign of risk and potential lethality in these cases: intimate partner sexual abuse. More »