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 ( two - parent or step- families ) was 8.4 in 1992 , and the poverty rate for all single - parent families was 45.7 . Income is only one measure of economic status , however . Assets are another . The PSID has information on ...
... two - parent families was to get a better job or improve employ- ment opportunities . Twenty - one percent of two - parent families that moved gave this as their reason for moving , as compared with 6 percent of single - parent families ...
... families can deduct childcare expenses from their income taxes , and single mothers on welfare are eligible for government - subsidized childcare . Poor and near - poor two - parent families receive virtually nothing in the way of ...
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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 |