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More African-American fathers live with their children (2.5 million) than live apart from their children (1.7 million). The National Health Statistics Report shows that Fathers are in the home more that not. The report states that Fathers involvement in their children’s lives has been shown to have a positive effect on children and thier well-being in the areas of academic success and in reducing the chances of delinquency and in substance abuse. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr071.pdf