More Data on the Extent of Fatherlessness. New Zealand. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the average. In a study of rising crime rates in Western Australia, Tapper suggests that “family breakdown in the form of divorce and separation is the main cause of the crime wave”. In Australia, a book on family matters by Alan Tapper highlights this connection between broken families and crime. 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the average. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, “Living Arrangements of Children under 18 Years/1 and Marital Status of Parents by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin/2 and Selected Characteristics of the Child for all Children 2010.” The problem of Fatherlessness has been estimated to cost Australia over $13 billion per year. Single parents in Australia are eligible for support payments from the government, but only if they are caring for at least one child under the age of eight. Studies into the potential impact of growing up without a father in the United States have produced the following statistics in relation to boys. (Center for Disease Control) 80%… In Australia, a book on family matters by Alan Tapper highlights this connection between broken families and crime. Mr Falzon, who founded menALIVE, was deeply concerned with the direction fatherhood was going in Australia. 85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average. Current issues were a product of five generations in his model. Fatherlessness is the greatest social problem in Canada, Canadian Children's Rights Council; THE FACTS ON FATHERLESSNESS, Prepared for the Fatherhood Foundation by Bill Muehlenberg, Australian Family Association - August 2002 Transforming the Culture of Fatherlessness, by Rev. An estimated 24.7 million children (33%) live absent their biological father. 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. In a nutshell, the fatherlessness debate focuses on the lack of men in the lives of their children – particularly boys. In a study of rising crime rates in Western Australia, Tapper suggests that “family breakdown in the form of divorce and separation is the main cause of the crime wave”. Fathers matter. In an article titled: “Deconstructing the Essential Father,” from 1999, researchers (((Louise Silverstein))) and Carl Auerbach made a direct, full-on attack. At the 2013 census, 17.8% of New Zealand families were single-parent, of which five-sixths were headed by a female. One of the greatest challenges facing our nation is the social problems caused as a result of Fatherlessness. … Fatherlessness was best understood in a historical context about masculinity, he said. The micriphone is covering up the effects of fatherlessness, and claims there is no need for a traditional father, and that any “family” arrangement will suffice.