Today is International Men’s Day, which celebrates men and their role in society.

This post pulls together various facts about men in our society today.

1. 40% of children aged 10 to 15  reported talking to their father about things that matter frequently in 2011 to 2012 (UK).

2. 14.5% of lone parent families in the UK in 2015 were male lone parent families.

3.Over the last 50 years the average age of fathers has increased from 30.3 in 1964 to 33.1 in 2014 (England and Wales).
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4. Proportion of 90 and over population who were male increased from 24% to 29% between 2004 and 2014 (England and Wales).
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5. Men less likely to report high levels of anxiety than women in 2014/15 (UK).
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6. Average age of men marrying is higher for same sex couples (England and Wales).
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