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Single-parent families can be defined as families where a parent lives with dependent children, either alone or in a larger household, without a spouse or partner. There was a rapid and drastic increase in the number of single-parent families in the latter half of the twentieth century.
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Single-parent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A single parent (also lone parent and sole parent ) is a parent who cares for one or more children without the assistance of another parent in the home. "Single parenthood" may vary according to t...
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A key characteristic of single-parent families is the limited resources (especially time, energy, and money) available to them. Nearly 60% of today's mother-child families live in poverty. According to Norton and Glick:
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Since 1970, the number of children living in a single parent family has doubled. In fact, statistics from 1992 indicate that single parent families represent 30% of U.S. households, while 25% represent two parent households.
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From the child’s viewpoint: 80% of dependent children live in two-parent families (including 6% who live in step-families). ... The number of first marriages fell from 300,000 in 1961 to 180,000 in 2000. The rate of first marriages has fallen from 83 per thousand single women in 1961 to 33 per thousand in 2000. For men,
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Having a low economic status also causes single-parent families to have problems providing for their adolescents. For example, 59% of low-income single-parent families reported food hardships in 2002, and 35% had problems with housing.
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