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The Effects of Father Absence on Child Development

• Children are on average more likely to have problems in school performance.
  
  
• Children who live without their fathers are on average more likely to experience behaviour problems in school.
  
  
• Boys consistently score lower on a variety of moral indexes.
  
  
• Children are more likely to have problems in emotional and psycho-social adjustment.
  
  
• Children are more likely to choose deviant peers and be at higher risk for peer problems.
  
  
• Children are more likely to use and abuse illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
  
  
• Adolescents are more likely to engage in greater and earlier sexual activity.
  
  
• Children are more likely to be poor and experience health problems.