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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... Early Childbearing Living with a single parent affects early family formation via two routes . First , it lowers family income , which reduces a young woman's assessment of the costs of early childbearing . A teenager who does not ...
... EARLY FAMILY FORMATION The last set of indicators we will examine closely compares ado- lescents according to their family formation behavior . Here we look at early marriage as well as early childbirth , both marital and non- marital ...
... early cohort , whereas never - mar- ried mothers were more common in the later cohort . It could also be due to changing social norms . During the 1950s , when out - of - wedlock childbearing was highly stigmatized , young women tried ...
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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 |