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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... high school and go on to college especially those who graduate from college — have a much better chance of achieving financial security during adult- hood than individuals who drop out of high school . High school dropout rates have ...
... high school graduation with the effect of the mother's education , we find ... dropout rate in the overall population would be if all children lived with ... dropout rate for the country as a whole would fall from 19 to 13 percent ...
... school failure by a factor of 2.5 for the average white child , 2.0 for the average Hispanic child , and 1.8 for the average black child . Finally , the dropout rate for the average white child from a disrupted family is higher than the ...
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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 |