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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... behavior.44 If parents are not watchful , children are likely to make foolish mistakes , regardless of the long - term costs . It is easy to understand how parents who are experiencing high levels of stress or who are trying to raise ...
... behavior can be misleading . First , we are mea- suring predivorce behavior very close to the time of the separation . This means that our predivorce measure may pick up some of the effect of the impending divorce , in which case it ...
... behavior ? To the extent that single parenthood is caused by the increase in women's economic independence , the answer is no . The forces that are making women's wages go up- education , technological change — are not likely to be ...
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Why We Care about Single Parenthood | 1 |
How Father Absence Lowers Childrens | 19 |
Which Outcomes Are Most Affected | 39 |
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Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps Sara McLanahan,Gary D. Sandefur Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2009 |