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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... factors that put children at risk of failure , just as lack of exercise is only one among many factors that put people at risk for heart disease . Many people who don't exercise never suffer a heart attack , and many children raised by ...
... factors that buffer children from the negative consequences of rare events . These same factors are likely to be important buffers in other areas of children's lives , and presumably middle - class parents want to know about them . For ...
... factors plus family income at age twelve . And the third bar shows the difference in dropout rates , controlling for back- ground factors plus income at ages eleven and seventeen.a Again , the disadvantages associated with family ...
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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 |