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Census says more than 60% of U.S. men are fathers

ORLANDO, Fla. — Fathers in the U.S. tend to be better educated than men without children, and relatively few men have children over age 40. These are some of the conclusions in a report released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The numbers in the report come from 2014 when the bureau for the first time asked both men and women about their fertility histories. The Census Bureau found more than 60% of the 121 million adult men in the U.S. were fathers.

About three-quarters of fathers were married. Almost 13% of dads were divorced and 8% had never been married.

Just under a quarter of U.S. men between ages 40 and 50 were childless, and about 17% had never been married by the time they were in their 40s.

Men with children tended to be more educated than those without kids, but the report noted that may be the result of age since the chances of becoming fathers and reaching higher-education levels increases with age.

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