Some badass Single Mother stats
Single status makes no difference
Research shows that marital status in itself has little causal impact on child outcomes, with differences more likely to be explained by ‘selection effect’ (ie the difference between the types of people who choose to get married and those that choose to cohabit)
Source: Gingerbread
Positive vibes
Recent research focusing on life satisfaction, relationships with peers and feelings about family life found these to be more positive for those children who were, or had been, part of a single parent family.
Let’s hear it for the girls
Around 90 per cent of single parents are women; the proportion who are men has remained at around 10 per cent for over a decade
Source: Gingerbread