Description

The single parent family is a common family form in all western societies. Single Parent Families is an important book that presents and synthesizes research about the single parent family and identifies the economic and social policy implications. This book is an ideal text for courses in the sociology of the family and for use in social work and family studies programs at colleges and universities. It is also an invaluable resource for policy-makers, students of public policy, and academics with an interest in the single parent family.

Table of Contents

PART I: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES

• 1. An Overview of Research and Policy on the Lone Parent Family in Britain by Elsa Ferri

• 2. Single Motherhood in the United States: Growth, Problems, and Policies by Sara McLanahan & Irwin Garfinkel

• 3. Lone-Parent Families in France: Situation and Research by Nadine Lefaucheur and Claude Martin

PART II: DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE SINGLE PARENT FAMILY

• 4. An Overview of Lone Parenthood in Canada by Craig McKie
• 5. Growing Up with a Single Parent — Some Demographic Measures by Nicole Marcil-Gratton
• 6. Single-Parent Families in Canada: A Closer Look by Donna S. Lero and Lois M. Brockman
• 7. Recent Changes in the Economic Welfare of Lone Mother Families in Canada: he Roles of Market Work, Earnings and Transfers by Martin D. Dooley
• 8. Demographic Trends: Summary, Policy Implications, and Research Agenda y Fran McIninch and Maryanne Pentick

PART III: CANADIAN PUBLIC POLICY IMPACT

• 9. Lone-Parent Families: An Instable Category in Search of Stable Policies by Margrit Eichler
• 10. Canadian Income Tax Policy Regarding Child Support Payments: Old Rationales Are Still Being pplied to New Realities by Ellen B. Zweibel
• 11. Family Law and Policy in Canada: Economic Implications for Single Custodial Mothers and heir Children by E. Diane Pask
• 12. Single Parenthood: Policy Apartheid in Canada by Susan A. McDaniel
• 13. Canadian Public Policy Impacts: Summary, Policy Implications, and Research Agenda by Kim Clare & Robert Glossop

PART IV: SUPPORT NEEDS

• 14. Support Needs of the Canadian Single Parent Family by Susan M. Clark

• 15. The Housing Needs of Single Parent Families in Canada: A Dilemma for the 1990's by Aron N. Spector & Fran Klodawsky

• 16. Hope and Circumstance: Single Mothers Exiting Social Assistance by Carolyne A. Gorlick and D. Alan Pomfret

• 17. Social Support Needs: Summary, Policy Implications and Research Agenda by Laura C. Johnson nd Burt Galaway

PART V: SOCIALIZATION EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN

• 18. Socialization Experiences of Children in Lone Parent Families: Evidence From the British ational Child Development Study by Elsa Ferri
• 19. Adult Outcomes Associated with Childhood Family Structure: An Appraisal of Research and n Examination of Canadian Data by Ellen M. Gee
• 20. The Relationship of Mother's Marital Status at the Time of Her First Child's Birth to ocialization and Development by Elizabeth McNaughton
• 21. Socialization Experiences of Children: Summary Policy Implications and Research Agenda by Joe Hudson and Lise Lavoie

PART VI: CONCLUSIONS

• 22. Directions for Research and Policy by Joe Hudson and Burt Galaway
• References & Index