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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... childbearing . They are also less likely to be in the labor force . While much of the association between early childbearing and educational attainment may be due to differences in family background rather than to teen mother- hood ...
... childbearing appears to be a fairly recent phenomenon in the United States . This could be due in part to changes in the marital status of single mothers . Widowed mothers were much more common in the early cohort , whereas never - mar ...
... childbearing , 114 ; effect on idleness , 114-115 ; cost of , 136 ; family structure and , 136-137 ; risk of , 144. See also Separation Drugs . See Abuse : substance or alcohol Earned Income Tax Credit ( EITC ) , 146-147 , 150 , 152 ...
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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 |