Actually the important question is what's the absolute percentage, not the change.
If 2% of children raised by two cohabiting parents suffer one or more of these things, and 3% of children raised by separated/single/step parents do ... that's a 50% increase in likelihood by being raised by 1 parent rather than 2.
But that still means the vast majority of ALL kids are doing really well.
If they were talking 20% and 30% that's more worrying, but still means 70% of single-parented kids are just fine thank you very much.
Percentage difference is useless without absolute figures to put the difference in context.
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If 2% of children raised by two cohabiting parents suffer one or more of these things, and 3% of children raised by separated/single/step parents do ... that's a 50% increase in likelihood by being raised by 1 parent rather than 2.
But that still means the vast majority of ALL kids are doing really well.
If they were talking 20% and 30% that's more worrying, but still means 70% of single-parented kids are just fine thank you very much.
Percentage difference is useless without absolute figures to put the difference in context.