| Description |
xv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Contemporary world issues |
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Contemporary world issues.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. Introduction and overview -- Definition of family -- Becoming a single parent -- Men versus women as single parents -- Single fathers -- Single-mother families and poverty -- Challenges facing single-parent families -- Legal system and single parents -- Contemporary concerns regarding single parents -- Single parents in other countries -- Sources of research data -- ch. 2. Chronology -- ch. 3. Biographical sketches -- ch. 4. Facts and statistics -- Increasing numbers of single-parent families -- Children living in single-parent families -- Becoming a single parent -- Single fathers -- Single parents and poverty -- Teenage pregnancy -- Welfare -- Homelessness among single-parent families -- Federal government and single parents -- Legal system and single parents -- International experiences of single-parent families -- Supreme Court decisions -- Future of single-parent families -- ch. 5. Directory of organizations -- ch. 6. Selected print resources -- ch. 7. Selected nonprint resources. |
| Subject |
Single parents -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| ISBN |
1576070336 alkaline paper |
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1576070344 alkaline paper |
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