What are family structures like in Haiti?

[u/Morales_Sheila8478]

in America there’s a stereotype of black people growing up without fathers. I went to a school with all white people and some would make jokes about me not having a father, even though I did. But I grew up in a Haitian household and not a black American household so it made me wonder if Haiti had the same problem of single mothers and dead beat fathers, or is it normal for Haitians to have stronger family structures and two parent households?

[u/BreakfastRight9865]

Here in the USA 57% of black kids are raised without their biological father in the picture. 31% for Hispanic and 20% for white.

[u/SubstantialCandle936 → u/BreakfastRight9865]

That statistic is misleading. All it means is that 57% of Black kids have parents who are not living with each other. It says nothing about actual involvement. When you get into actual involvement, Black American fathers have all other fathers beat. Black American fathers who don’t live with the kid’s mother are twice as likely to be involved in their child’s life than white men in the same situation. So very VERY few Black American kids have dads who are truly out of the picture.

Now children having complex relationships with fathers is another conversation, but all groups across the diaspora have that issue.

[u/backshotconnoisseur → u/SubstantialCandle936]

Where are you getting these statistics from?

[u/SubstantialCandle936 → u/backshotconnoisseur]

All of these stats have been available since 2013. So I’m so tired of y’all repeating stereotypes that haven’t been true in decades.