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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... incomes . This is because we view low income as partly the result , as well as partly the cause , of family disruption . In our model of how the process works , we see sepa- ration and divorce as leading to a loss of income , which in ...
... income loss associated with family disruption . By focusing on divorces and separations that occur dur- ing adolescence , we exaggerate the loss . Family income usually goes up as parents get older , and thus the income loss is ...
... income , the difference is only 3 percentage points . In contrast , income accounts for virtually none of the dif- ference in dropout rates between children in stepfamilies and two- parent families . The difference in dropout rates is ...
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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 |