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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... compared with over 90 percent of the young women who did not have a child by age twenty . If we count only high school diplomas , and exclude GEDs , we see that only 55 percent of the young mothers finished high school on time . Women ...
... compared with only 20 percent of children in two - parent families . This is a huge difference - nearly 30 ... comparing racial differences in poverty rates by family struc- ture , one must remember that poverty is not just a consequence ...
... compared with 6 percent of single - parent families and 14 percent of stepfamilies . As for involuntary moves , 34 percent of single - parent families that moved did so unwillingly , because they were evicted or could no longer afford ...
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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 |