[mjg59]

The article does not mention whether or not the subject's father was present in his life. Why did you leap straight to that?

[chance_state]

Probably because GP is making a general point about the subject of the article.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4104793/

It's not easy to link to on this page (unless someone can help me out), but there's interesting data about fathers being present in the lives of their children and its impact.

The beige/tan chart about 35% of the way down is what I'm referring to.