Annual Fatherhood Survey 2016
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An extract from a report by The Centre for Social Justice.
The dad gap
This year The Centre for Social Justice has teamed up with public opinion platform, Bheard.com, to conduct a ‘Survey of Fatherhood’ in the UK. Our exclusive opinion poll conducted by YouGov identifies an alarming ‘Dad Gap’ in the UK:
- Attendance at parenting and antenatal classes is increasingly a middle class preserve; low-income fathers are half as likely to go to parenting and antenatal classes as higher income fathers: 71% vs 31%.
- The good news for government is that 87% of low-income fathers found parenting and antenatal classes useful, compared to 65% of higher income fathers.
- More needs to be done to help fathers before the birth of their first child; 72% of higher income fathers felt prepared for becoming a father for the first time compared to only 60% of lower income fathers saying they felt prepared.
- When asked whether there was any information or guidance provided for new fathers, 55% of low-income f...
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