Focus on single-parent families past, present, and future / editors, Annice D. Yarber, Paul M. Sharp.

Other author Yarber, Annice D.
Other author Sharp, Paul M.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoSanta Barbara, Calif. : Praeger,
Descriptionviii, 298 p. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Single-parent families--United States.
Single parents--United States.

Contents Part one: historical trends in family life and structure -- What's happening to the family: demographic and institutional changes / Larry L. Bumpass - Part two: social diversity and single-parent families -- Poverty, welfare, and livelihood strategies of nonmetropolitan single mothers / J. Brian Brown and Daniel T. Lichter -- The single-father: demographic, economic, and public transfer use characteristics / Brett V. Brown -- Children raised in fatherless familes from infancy: a follow-up of children of lesbian and single heterosexual mothers at early adolescence / Fiona MacCallum and Susan Golombok -- Family structure and children's success: a comparison of widowed and divorced single-mother families / Timothy J. Biblarz and Greg Gottainer -- Influences on delinquency: the role of the single-parent family / Amy L. Anderson -- Parental incarceration: implications of child welfare / Elizabeth I. Johnson and Jane Waldfogel -- Grandmothers raising grandchildren / Catherine Goodman and Merril Silverstein -- Part three: single-parent families: the lived experience -- Expenditures on children and financial difficulties / Mark Lino -- The psychological well-being of single parents / Anna-Marie Cunningham and Chris Knoester -- Single parenthood and the law / Lynda H. Walters and Carla Abshire -- The impact of parents' marital status on the time adolescents spend in productive activities / Cathleen Zick and Corrine Allen -- The effects of neighborhood and mother-teen relationships on adolescent sexual activity / H. Harrington Cleveland and Michael Gilson -- Religious involvement as a source of support? / Ann Sorenson, Carl F. Grindstaff, and R. Jay Turner -- Part four: social problems and policy -- Rethinking the "pathology of matriarchy": family structure, educational attainment, and socioeconomic success / Timothy J. Biblarz and Adrian E. Raftery -- Child care policy reform and employment of single mothers / Jay Bainbridge, Marcia K. Meyers, and Jane Waldfogel -- Explaining trends in child support: economic, demographic, and policy effects / Anne C. Case, I-Fen Lin, and Sara S. McLanahan -- Effective child support policy for low-income single parents / Maureen R. Waller and Robert Plotnick.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009053949
ISBN9780313379505 (alk. paper)
ISBN0313379505 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780313379512 (ebook)
ISBN0313379513 (ebook)

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