This statistic shows the results of a 2010 survey on the importance of children needing both parents to grow up happily in the United States. In 2010, 61 percent of the respondents agree that a child needs both parents in order to grow up happily, whereas 36 percent of the respondents disagree.
Do you agree that a child needs both mother and father to grow up happily, or not? (2010)
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Pew Research Center. (November 18, 2010). Do you agree that a child needs both mother and father to grow up happily, or not? (2010) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/247143/opinions-on-children-growing-up-with-a-single-parent-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Do you agree that a child needs both mother and father to grow up happily, or not? (2010)." Chart. November 18, 2010. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247143/opinions-on-children-growing-up-with-a-single-parent-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2010). Do you agree that a child needs both mother and father to grow up happily, or not? (2010). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247143/opinions-on-children-growing-up-with-a-single-parent-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Do You Agree That a Child Needs Both Mother and Father to Grow up Happily, or Not? (2010)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247143/opinions-on-children-growing-up-with-a-single-parent-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, Do you agree that a child needs both mother and father to grow up happily, or not? (2010) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247143/opinions-on-children-growing-up-with-a-single-parent-in-the-us/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Do you agree that a child needs both mother and father to grow up happily, or not? (2010) [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 18, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247143/opinions-on-children-growing-up-with-a-single-parent-in-the-us/