| ■ One-Fourth of U.S. Children Live in Single-Parent Families: Report | 2011.04.29 |
| The United States has a higher percentage of children being raised by a single parent than other developed nations, according to a report released Wednesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD looked at 27 industrialized countries and found that 25.8 percent of children in the U.S. are being raised by a single parent, compared to an average of 14.9 percent in the other nations, the Associated Press reported. |