Stats | Denna Babul

What is a Fatherless Daughter?

In our book, The Fatherless Daughter Project, we define a fatherless daughter as “a loss of the emotional bond between a daughter and her father from a range or combination of circumstances, including death, desertion, divorce, incarceration, abuse, addiction, and emotional absence.”

50% of women we surveyed from 15 to 80 years old reported they felt fatherless.

Causes of fatherlessness in our survey included…

28%

Parents’ Divorce / Separation

26%

Complete Emotional Absence

19%

Death

15%

Desertion

13%

Addiction

12%

Abuse

Never Met Father

Incarceration

Statistics are from The Fatherless Daughter Project: Understanding Our Losses and Reclaiming Our Lives.

US Fatherless Homes

67%

of African American Families

54%

of American Indian Families

43%

of Multiracial Families

42%

of Latino or Hispanic Families

25%

of White Families

Statistics That Might Relate To You
- 43% of children in the United States live without their father [US Department of Census]*
- About 40% of kids in father absent homes have not seen their father in the past year
- 3.5% of children experience the death of a parent before age 18
- 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes [US Dept. of Health/Census]
- 90% of all runaway & homeless children are from fatherless homes [US DHHS, Bureaus of the Census]
- 71% of high school drop outs are fatherless adolescents [National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools]
- Fatherless Daughters are 53% more likely to marry as teens
- Fatherless Daughters are 164% more likely to have a baby outside of marriage
- Fatherless Daughters are 92% more likely to get divorced
What Makes You Unique
- You are an expert on self-survival.
- You are probably an overachiever
- You are a caretaker and able to support others in crisis.
- You are a loyal friend
- You developed leadership qualities at an early age
- You have a resilient spirit
- You give wonderful advice and are kick-ass at pep talks
You Are A Fatherless Daughter