Editing Single parent (section)

===Children===
In 2016/17, the proportion of children living in a single-parent household varied between 6% and 28% in the different OECD countries, with an OECD country average of 17%. It was lowest in Turkey (2015, 6%), Greece (8%), Croatia (8%) and Poland (10%), while it was highest in France (23%), United Kingdom (23%), Belgium (25%), Lithuania (25%), United States (27%) and Latvia (28%). It was 19% in Ireland and Canada.<ref>OECD -Social Policy Division -Directorate of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD Family Database, [http://www.oecd.org/els/soc/SF_1_2_Children_in_families.xlsx Chart SF1.2.A. Living arrangements of children, 2017]</ref>

Among children living in a single-parent household, most live primarily with their mother, others primarily with their father, while other children have a [[shared parenting]] arrangement where they spend an approximately equal amount of time with their two parents. Among those living primarily with one single parent, most live with their mother. In 2016 (or latest year available), the proportion of 6-12 year olds living primarily with their single father ranged between 5% and 36% among the different OECD countries. It was highest in Belgium (17%), Iceland (19%), Slovenia (20%), France (22%), Norway (23%) and Sweden (36%), while it was lowest in Lithuania (4%), Ireland (5%), Poland (5%), Estonia (7%), Austria (7%) and the United Kingdom (8%). It was 15% in the United States.<ref>OECD -Social Policy Division -Directorate of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD Family Database, [http://www.oecd.org/els/soc/SF_1_3_Living-arrangements-children.xls Table SF1.3.A. Living arrangements of children by age]</ref>

In 2005/06, the proportion of 11- to 15-year-old children living in a shared parenting arrangement versus with only one of their parents varied between 1% and 17%, being the highest in Sweden. It was 5% in Ireland and the United States, and 7% in Canada and the United Kingdom.<ref>Bjarnason T, Arnarsson AA. [http://www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc/documents/2011__ja__bjarnason__joint_custody__jcfm_426.pdf Joint Physical Custody and Communication with Parents: A Cross-National Study of Children in 36 Western Countries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119035729/http://www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc/documents/2011__ja__bjarnason__joint_custody__jcfm_426.pdf |date=2017-11-19 }}, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 2011, 42:871-890.</ref> By 2016/17, the percentage in Sweden had increased to 28%.<ref>Statistics Sweden, [https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/levnadsforhallanden/levnadsforhallanden/undersokningarna-av-levnadsforhallanden-ulf-silc/pong/tabell-och-diagram/boende/barns-boende-vaxelvis-boende-hos-mamma-hos-pappa-etc6.-2012-2017/ Barns boende (växelvis boende, hos mamma, hos pappa, etc.) 2012—2017], November 11, 2018.</ref>