Focus on single-parent families : past, present, and future

著者

    • Yarber, Annice D.
    • Sharp, Paul M.

書誌事項

Focus on single-parent families : past, present, and future

editors, Annice D. Yarber, Paul M. Sharp

Praeger, c2010

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

A groundbreaking collection of writings on the growing phenomenon of single-parent families in the United States, and how it impacts society as a whole. Focus on Single-Parent Families: Past, Present, and Future brings together in one volume a range of cutting-edge research articles and essays on what has become the most dynamic change in family structure in U.S. history. It is the only resource to make the most insightful and important work being done on the single-parent family phenomena accessible to general readers. Focus on Single-Parent Families helps readers go beyond the stereotypes and look closely at the complexity of families with one parent and consider their place in society. It encompasses the wide variety of households with a single parent—a family structure that promises to continue to grow and diversify. Throughout, the book gauges the impact of the increasing number of single-parent families on the nation as a whole, particularly in regard to policies concerning family welfare, children's services and health care, schools, and other essential social institutions.

目次

Preface Acknowledgments Part One: Historical Trends in Family Life and Structure 1. What's Happening to the Family: Demographic and Institutional Changes Larry L. Bumpass Part Two: Social Diversity and Single-Parent Families 2. Poverty, Welfare, and Livelihood Strategies of Nonmetropolitan Single Mothers J. Brian Brown and Daniel T. Lichter 3. The Single-Father Family: Demographic, Economic, and Public Transfer Use Characteristics Brett V. Brown 4. Children Raised in Fatherless Families from Infancy: A Follow-Up of Children of Lesbian and Single Heterosexual Mothers at Early Adolescence Fiona MacCallum and Susan Golombok 5. Family Structure and Children's Success: A Comparison of Widowed and Divorced Single-Mother Families Timothy J. Biblarz and Greg Gottainer 6. Influences on Delinquency: The Role of the Single-Parent Family Amy L. Anderson 7. Parental Incarceration: Implications of Child Welfare Elizabeth I. Johnson and Jane Waldfogel 8. Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren Catherine Goodman and Merril Silverstein Part Three: Single-Parent Families: The Lived Experience 9. Expenditures on Children and Financial Difficulties Mark Lino 10. The Psychological Well-Being of Single Parents Anna-Marie Cunningham and Chris Knoester 11. Single Parenthood and the Law Lynda H. Walters and Carla Abshire 12. The Impact of Parents' Marital Status on the Time Adolescents Spend in Productive Activities Cathleen Zick and Corrine Allen 13. The Effects of Neighborhood and Mother-Teen Relationships on Adolescent Sexual Activity H. Harrington Cleveland and Michael Gilson 14. Religious Involvement as a Source of Support? Ann Sorenson, Carl F. Grindstaff, and R. Jay Turner Part Four: Social Problems and Policy 15. Rethinking the "Pathology of Matriarchy": Family Structure, Educational Attainment, and Socioeconomic Success Timothy J. Biblarz and Adrian E. Raftery 16. Child Care Policy Reform and Employment of Single Mothers Jay Bainbridge, Marcia K. Meyers, and Jane Waldfogel 17. Explaining Trends in Child Support: Economic, Demographic, and Policy Effects Anne C. Case, I-Fen Lin, and Sara S. McLanahan 18. Effective Child Support Policy for Low-Income Single Parents Maureen R. Waller and Robert Plotnick Index

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