What do divorced fathers find hardest about not seeing their children?
50%
50% of divorced fathers who miss Father's Day with their children say missing important moments is the hardest part.
n = 3,000 divorced fathers in the US · Fielded 2024 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
Asked only of fathers who did not expect to spend the day with their children.
What it means
The answer is about absence from the child's life rather than the day itself. Disconnection and mental distress follow close behind, each cited by around a quarter.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,000
- Population
- divorced fathers in the US
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2024
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- Divorced fathers and Father's Day
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2024). "What do divorced fathers find hardest about not seeing their children?" Survey of 3,000 divorced fathers in the US, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/what-divorced-fathers-find-hardest-about-missing-fathers-day
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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