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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... high school and go on to college especially those who graduate from college - have a much better chance of achieving financial security during adult- hood than individuals who drop out of high school . High school dropout rates have ...
... high school graduation with the effect of the mother's education , we find that the two are about the same . Having a mother with less than a high school degree , as compared with having a mother with a high school degree , doubles the ...
... school both years . This meant that we could not use high school dropout as one of our indicators of success , since practically all the children in our sample finished high school . ( Nearly all of the students who were in school their ...
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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 |