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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... welfare . Many stay on welfare until their children are grown.10 Welfare mothers live at or below the poverty line and are treated with very little respect . Nor do they have much control over their lives , given the numerous ...
... welfare offers poor women more economic security than marriage , the argument that welfare is re- sponsible for the increase in single - parent families is flawed in sev- eral respects.13 First , the trend in welfare benefits between ...
... welfare for their economic support . And some remain on welfare for as long as eighteen or twenty years . The Family Support Act of 1988 contains provisions that require moth- ers on welfare to seek employment outside the home , and ...
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Why We Care about Single Parenthood | 1 |
How Father Absence Lowers Childrens | 19 |
Which Outcomes Are Most Affected | 39 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps Sara McLanahan,Gary D. Sandefur Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2009 |