Growing Up With a Single Parent: What Hurts, What HelpsHarvard University Press, 20.10.1994 - 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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... background , regardless of whether the parents are married when the child is born , and regardless of whether the resident parent remarries . Compared with teen- agers of similar background who grow up with both parents Why We Care ...
... backgrounds are affected by family disruption , we selected children whose mothers and fathers had not graduated from high ... background with an absent parent . Again , it is worth noting that the consequences of family dis- ruption are ...
... background characteristics , predivorce income , and postdivorce income . Estimates from each of these equations are ... background characteristics . The second bar shows the difference in dropout rates , controlling for background ...
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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 |