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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... Resources A final way that father absence affects children is by lowering their access to community resources . This occurs in two ways . The first is primarily an income effect . Families with more income can afford to live in communities ...
... COMMUNITY CONNECTION Besides needing parents who are willing ( and able ) to share their time and money , young people also need resources outside the family to help ... COMMUNITY RESOURCES We begin by asking whether The Community Connection.
... resources accounted for a good deal of the difference between children in single - parent families and two - parent ... community resources ( as measured by school quality and residential mobility ) and parental resources into account ...
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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 |