10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONE-PARENT FAMILY»
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lone-parent family in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lone-parent family and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Social Policy and Welfare
1 Variations in structure 2 The diverse forms of the family Focus Examples The
nuclear family The extended family The lone-parent family The reconstituted
family Social class Ethnicity or culture Sexual orientation Location are in contact.
Mark Walsh, Paul Stephens, Stephen Moore, 2000
2
Lone Parent Families: Gender, Class and State
There are well over one-and-a-half million lone parent families in Britain today
and around one in four children currently live in a lone parent family (a total of
about 3.0 million children: Department of Social Security 2000). But children do
not ...
Karen Rowlingson, Stephen McKay, 2014
There are two quite distinct approaches to the lone- parent family. • One
approach is associated with the academic and political movement of the New
Right. These writers are very critical of the growth of one type of lone-parent
family - where ...
4
Lone-
parent families: the economic challenge
For these children, the "average" 15-year childhood consisted of almost 8 years
spent in a two-parent family, followed by 7 years in a lone-parent family. Another
third of the children involved in a marital disruption experienced a subsequent ...
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990
5
Lone Mothers in Ireland: A Local Study
Thus, the disadvantages suffered by lone parent families in terms of income,
housing and weakness in the labour market are amenable to change through
social policy measures aimed at strengthening the lone parent family as a child-
rearing ...
6
Recent Social Trends in Canada, 1960-2000
However, as these figures suggest, the income gap between female lone parent
and male lone parent family incomes is decreasing, although it should be kept in
mind that there are many more female than male lone parent families in Canada
...
7
Family and School Capital: Towards a Context Theory of ...
The Dutch investigation reveals that parents' educational level is a more powerful
predictor of children's school outcomes. Dronkers concludes "This importance of
parental education, also in a lone parent family, underlines the 44 Chapter 2.
The extended family The lone-parent family There are an increasing number of
lone-parent families in the United Kingdom. Approximately 25 per cent of all
families with dependent children are lone-parent families. The lone- parent family
has ...
Jean Marshall, Sue Stuart, 2001
Most research on the subject of lone parent families in recent years has
concentrated on two issues, firstly the changing nature of the lone parent family
population, and secondly the experience of poverty among these families. Less
work has ...
10
Teenage Pregnancy: The Making and Unmaking of a Problem
Early sexual activity, pregnancy and parenthood are associated with growing up
in a lone-parent family (Kiernan, 1997), although, apart from the link between this
and deprivation, it is not clear what it is about family structure that affects sexual ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONE-PARENT FAMILY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
lone-parent family is used in the context of the following news items.
Osborne comes under fire over living wage 'con trick'
Barnardo's calculations are based on a lone-parent family working full-time on minimum wage with two children, who could be £23 per week ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
The seven ages of family life: from shotgun weddings to silver splitters
The lone-parent family is born – and battle begins. Is it structure that matters for children in the shape of traditional marriage – or commitment ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
The battle against child poverty
If you're a lone-parent family, almost 50 percent, just shy of 50 percent of children in lone-parent families are living below the poverty line. «The Coast Halifax, Nov 14»
Campbell River health picture 'mind blowing'
“The lone-parent family income in the Campbell River area is $30,000 and the average on the Island is $40,000, so it's about $10,000 less, ... «Campbell River Mirror, Jul 14»
Daphne Bramham: Is clawing back child support good policy or just …
The maximum rate for a lone-parent family with six or more children is $1,195.58 — $820 for rent, but still only $375.58 for food and all the other ... «Vancouver Sun, Mar 14»
Budget 2014: What to expect from George Osborne's speech
It reckons that an average poor, lone-parent family will gain just £74 per year from the measure due to a design flaw in how tax links to ... «The Independent, Mar 14»
Israeli children-Data for International Child Day 2011
Most children living in a lone-parent family lived with their mother (91%). • Among Jewish children in lone-parent families, 60% lived with a ... «Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nov 11»
University residence: Where cramming has new meaning
In 2006, the average child in a two-parent family lived with 3.4 other people -- the average child in a lone-parent family with 2.2 others. «Globe and Mail, May 11»
One in ten Cumbrian children living in poverty - claim
According to Save the Children, a lone-parent family with one child aged under 14 in severe poverty is living on an income of less than £7,000. «News & Star, Feb 11»
17000 Gwent kids living in poverty - report
A lone-parent family with one child aged under 14 in poverty lives on an income of less than £7,000, while a couple with two children under 14 ... «South Wales Argus, Feb 11»
