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1. Does growing up with a parent absent really hurt?

Author

Lang, Kevin and Zagorsky, Jay L.

Subjects
Single-parent family -- Research, Absentee fathers -- Social aspects, Absentee mothers -- Social aspects, Business, Economics, Human resources and labor relations
Abstract

Research presented concerns whether or not children who grow up without one biological parent tend to be at a socioeconomic disadvantage compared to other children. Research on parental absence due to death suggests that a single-parent family has little impact on the economic well-being of the adult child.

Published
2001

2. Trade-offs between purchased services and time in single-parent and two-parent families

Author

Zick, Cathleen D., McCullough, Jane, and Smith, Ken R.

Subjects
Marital status -- Research, Services industry -- Research, Demand (Economics) -- Research, Single-parent family -- Research, Child care services -- Research, Food services -- Research, Housekeepers -- Research, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, general, Business, Research
Abstract

This research examines the influence of marital status on the demand for services using a model in which the demand for market services and mothers' time spent in related household [...]

Published
1996

3. Welfare effects on female headship with area effects

Author

Moffitt, Robert

Subjects
Welfare recipients -- Employment, Fatherless family -- Research -- Employment, Single-parent family -- Research, Business, Economics, Human resources and labor relations, Research, Employment
Abstract

I. Introduction The possible effects of the U.S. welfare system on female headship has been a subject of long-standing concern because benefits are made available primarily to female heads of [...]

Published
1994

4. The evolving American family

Subjects
Family -- Research, Americans -- Family, Single-parent family -- Research, Business, Insurance
Abstract

A study on the characteristics of parents in single-parent and two-parent families in the US is presented. The study delves on the differences between single parents in white, black and Hispanic single-parent families as well as both father and mother in two-parent families belonging to the three racial groups. Results indicate that there exist significant differences in the parental characteristics of single-parent and two-parent families in the US., The proportion of Americans in the 'typical' family--a mother, father and at least one child residing together--has been declining rapidly over the past few decades. This development has resulted in [...]

Published
1993

5. Life without father

Author

Nirenberg, Sue

Subjects
Single-parent family -- Research, Business, Business, general
Published
1983

8. Single-parent families and impact on children

Author

Otten, Alan L.

Subjects
Children of divorced parents -- Research, Single-parent family -- Research, Children of single parents -- Research, Business, Business, general
Published
1989

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