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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... negative effects attributed to single motherhood were really due to poverty and racial discrimi- nation ? So we thought when we began our study . Initially , our examination of the early research yielded evidence that was consistent ...
... negative consequences for children , once social class differences were taken into account , the review itself was taken as evidence that no consequences existed . This occurred despite the fact that Herzog and Sudia carried out no new ...
... negative in the future . On a more hopeful note , we found that having a stepfather in the household increases the likelihood of success among young black men and women . While this is good news insofar as it suggests that the negative ...
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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 |