Although it hasn’t seen a lot of national attention yet, an important new report out of Wisconsin tells us anew that married fathers play a key role in the social and economic stability of society.
Compiling and analyzing government data over several decades, The Wisconsin Family Council found that married two-parent families had significantly higher median incomes and were far less likely to be in poverty or receive government assistance than single-mother or single-father homes. Married two-parent families also saw less teen sexual activity, lower teen pregnancy, lower rates of drug and alcohol use and higher educational success than single parent homes. Fatherlessness, they found, was the key contributor to some of the state’s most pressing social and economic problems.