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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... poverty status , as shown in Figure 8 , are consistent with the numbers in Table 4. Single - parent families have the highest poverty rates ( 26.5 percent ) , and two - parent fami- lies have the lowest rates ( 5.3 percent ) ...
... poverty line ? The an- swer to this question is the same as the answer to the question about income : when we look at families with an adolescent child , we are ... Poverty rates , by family structure and educational The Value of Money | 83.
... poverty rates is much smaller - 13.6 percent for children living with single mothers versus 3.6 percent for children living with both parents . The family structure contrast is even more stark when we com- pare children from different ...
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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 |