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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... lower child well - being . Schooling Achievement Perhaps the most obvious way in which income loss affects chil- dren's educational achievement is by lowering the quality of the schools they attend . Parents with high incomes can afford ...
... lower dropout rate than all children . The rates are also lower in the two National Survey of Families and Households samples , but for a different reason . Graduation is measured as of the time of the survey ( 1987 ) rather than at age ...
... lower , their grades are lower , and their attendance record is poorer . The only indicator that does not show a significant disadvantage for students in one - parent families is the school attitude measure . Children from one - parent ...
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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 |