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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... families do less well than their peers on four out of five indicators . Their test scores are lower , their ... disrupted families as compared with children from two - parent families ( 37 versus 32 percent ) , which is what we would ...
... families , and they have virtually identical dropout rates to those of black children from disrupted families ( 28 versus 30 ) . This last contrast underscores the importance of family disruption for white children's school success and ...
... families have a 37 percent chance of graduating from college , whereas black children from advantaged disrupted families have a 29 percent chance of graduating . To examine how children from disadvantaged backgrounds are affected by family ...
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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 |