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Sparky_delite t1_izuhu0t wrote

What about the total? Is that increasing from 91 as well? The percentage is interesting but totaling to 100 percent from year to year makes it difficult to compare the rate at di gle parents in total.

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theverybigapple OP t1_izuicw8 wrote

I wanted to show that single fathers are increasing. The goal isn't/wasn't to show the global increase in single parents. Although, the graph includes numbers so one can see the total is also increasing.

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Sparky_delite t1_izul0t1 wrote

Okay! I thought your goal was to show how single parent was trending. But that makes sense now that you've clarified it. I noticed the numbers, but am too lazy to add them and compare haha.

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ArguesWithZombies t1_izvzogy wrote

4353 Increase in Mothers4307 Increase in Fathers

number of single mothers has incrasted slightly more than fathers over the last 31 years.

edit: should have adjusted for pop increase for this to be a useful graph. shows very little otherwise. other than over 30 years not much has changed in the ratio of fathers to mothers.

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