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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... decline in the attitudes of friends toward school , but no increase in antisocial behavior . We believe the latter is due to that fact that many of the students in the HSB Study did not answer the questions about peer quality in their ...
... decline in men's earning power relative to women's . After World War II and up through the early 1970s , both men ... declined by 15 percentage points . We would expect declines in the benefits of marriage to result in more single ...
... declined ; women with a high school degree experienced a 2 percent decline in earnings , while men with a similar education experienced a 13 percent decline . The fact that less - skilled men experienced an absolute as well as a ...
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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 |