An uneven distribution of sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics might help us to understand why single parents, both mothers and fathers, have worse health than parents who live together. Previously recognized gender differences with regard to healthcare utilization were present in our study as well, and it is possible that these differences are related to the unequal distribution of sociodemographic and socioeconomic assets between single fathers and single mothers found here.
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