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One parent families
- Author:
- FAMILY POLICY STUDIES CENTRE
- Publisher:
- Family Policy Studies Centre
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 6p., tables, diags., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
One-parent families
- Author:
- NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ONE PARENT FAMILIES
- Publisher:
- National Council for One Parent Families
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Age trends in the experience of family discord in single-mother families across adolescence
- Authors:
- DWORKIN Jodi B., LARSON Reed
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 24(4), August 2001, pp.529-534.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
This American study utilized the Family Environment Scale and the Experience Sampling Method to evaluate how overall family discord and discord in immediate family interactions were related to adolescents' age, in 101 single-mother families. Mothers' reports of overall family discord decreased across adolescence. In immediate interactions, adolescent boys reported feeling more anger towards
A delayed reaction
- Author:
- GREEN Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.7.99, 1999, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reforms at the Child Support Agency have been applauded as being a step in the right direction, but asks if the delay in their implementation will prove to be a costly mistake.
Single-person adoption
- Author:
- BYRNE Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 21(1), Spring 1997, pp.50-53.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Outlines a research study which documents and comments on the experiences of single adopters and their children. Includes investigation of the official systems by which the adopters had been approved and supported, with some estimation of the child's progress.
Social policy as a cause of childhood accidents: the children of lone mothers
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Ian, PLESS Barry
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 7.10.95, 1995, pp.925-928.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Almost one in five British mothers is a lone parent. Their children have injury rates that are twice those of children in two parent families. Examines the link between lone parenthood and childhood injury.
"Alarm" versus "liberation" ? Responses to the increase of lone parents - Part 2
- Author:
- HARDING Lorraine Fox
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 3 1993, 1993, pp.174-184.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In Part 1 the growth in the number of single parents was outlined and one point in a continuum of views, an "alarmist" response was discussed. This paper examines concern about the social and psychological impact of divorce and single parent living, and swings to the alternative end of the continuum to look at the view which regards single parenthood as "liberation" for women and children. Considers the pros and cons in the increased incidence of the single parent family form and concludes that there is a need to have clear policies to address their problems.
Complex families and equality in child support obligations: a comparative policy analysis
- Authors:
- MEYER Daniel R., SKINNER Christine, DAVIDSON Jacqueline
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 33(10), October 2011, pp.1804-1812.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
... with a particular focus on whether obligations to children in different family types are equal. The findings show that when a non-resident parent owes support to 2 non-resident children in different families, the most common policy is to have unequal obligations favouring the older child. However, nearly as many countries achieve equal orders, but do so by reducing the obligation to the older child. When
The effects of single parenthood on educational aspiration: a comparative study of children in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong
- Authors:
- WANG Miao, NGAI Steven Sek-Yum
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Services, 32(2), April 2011, pp.135-154.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study examines the gap in the educational aspirations of children from single-parent families and two-parent families in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Policies to support the family differ between these 2 regions, with the UK providing much greater monetary and nonmonetary benefits for single-parent families. The data for this study was derived from the OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 database. The survey participants were 15 year old students. Analysis shows that children in the UK have statistically significant lower levels of educational aspiration than those in Hong Kong. Moreover, children from single-parent families in the UK and Hong Kong are found to have statistically significant lower levels of educational aspiration than those from two-parent families. Further analyses indicate that family capital and school experience are important factors for understanding the negative effects of single parenthood. Single parenthood has a less negative effect on educational aspiration in the UK than it does in Hong Kong, lending support to the positive effect of UK government policy on single parenthood. Policy and service recommendations are suggested
Effects of employment-based programs on families by prior levels of disadvantage
- Authors:
- ALDERSON Desiree Principe, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 82(3), September 2008, pp.361-394.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
This study examines how welfare and employment policies affect subpopulations of low-income families that have different levels of initial disadvantage. Education, prior earnings, and welfare receipt are used to measure disadvantage. The analysis of data from experiments suggests that employment-based programs have no effects on economic well-being among the least-disadvantaged low-income, single-parent families, but they have positive effects on employment and income for the most-disadvantaged and moderately disadvantaged families. These programs increase school achievement and enrolment in centre-based child care of children only in moderately disadvantaged families. The most-disadvantaged families are found to increase use of child care that is not centre based. Parents in these families experience depressive symptoms and aggravation. The findings raise questions about how to support families at the lowest end of the economic spectrum.