Growing Up With a Single Parent: What Hurts, What HelpsHarvard University Press, 1994 - 196 Seiten Nonwhite and white, rich and poor, born to an unwed mother or weathering divorce, over half of all children in the current generation will live in a single-parent family--and these children simply will not fare as well as their peers who live with both parents. This is the clear and urgent message of this powerful book. Based on four national surveys and drawing on more than a decade of research, Growing Up with a Single Parent sharply demonstrates the connection between family structure and a child's prospects for success. |
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... Hispanic chil- dren ? Since whites are more common than other racial and ethnic groups , the effects of family disruption on the average white child are very similar to the effects on children as a whole . Living with only one parent ...
... Hispanics and then blacks , as was true for high school dropout rates . Even so , young white women have a lower prob- ability of becoming teen mothers than young black and Hispanic women , regardless of whether they live with two ...
... Hispanic children than for disadvantaged white children , both in terms of percentage points and in terms of proportionate effects . White children from disadvantaged backgrounds and disrupted families look very similar to black and ...
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Why We Care about Single Parenthood | 1 |
How Father Absence Lowers Childrens | 19 |
Which Outcomes Are Most Affected | 39 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps Sara McLanahan,Gary D. Sandefur Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2009 |