"Mother households" refers to families where the mother or female parent is the main caregiver and plays a significant role in raising the children and managing the household. Full definition
Which is why adult women abuse adult men as often as the other way around and why single mother households account for 43 % or all abused children. (pjmedia.com)
The number of single father households has increased about ninefold since 1960, from less than 300,000 to more than 2.6 million in 2011.1 In comparison, the number of single mother households increased more than fourfold during that time period, up to 8.6 million in 2011, from 1.9 million in 1960. (pewsocialtrends.org)
In another 2017 survey by LIMRA, 55 % of single - mother households said their families would be in immediate financial trouble if the primary wage earner died, compared with 35 % of all U.S. households. (nerdwallet.com)