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Mind Map by 08beckett_mo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by 08beckett_mo
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LONE PARENT FAMILIES
- DEFINITIONS
- lone parent families
- A parent who is not married
and does not have a partner but
has a child
- Make up 24% of all
families
- A parent who is not married
and does not have a partner but
has a child
- lone parent families
- TRENDS
- advantages
- girls may gain higher aspirations
seeing their mother do well for
caring for a family
- give more women hope
that they do not need to
be married to have and
raise children
- more children may be more
inspired to not be alone
from experience of family
which may then increase
marriage rates
- girls may gain higher aspirations
seeing their mother do well for
caring for a family
- disadvantages
- children may not be
able to form a
relationship with
their father which
may then affect the
way that they bond
with others.
- children who have been brought up
in this family may get put off with
raising a family of their own
- may not be able to
gain as much
income as may be
living in poverty
- children may not be
able to form a
relationship with
their father which
may then affect the
way that they bond
with others.
- advantages
- EXPLANATIONS OF
TRENDS
- Increase in divorce
- Increase in never-married
women
- Decline in stigma of birth outside
marriages
- Mainly headed by mothers
- widespread belief that women
by nature are better to care for
children
- courts give mothers custody
- men are less willing to
give up work
- widespread belief that women
by nature are better to care for
children
- Increase in divorce
- PATTERNS
- Over 90% of lone
parent families are
headed by mothers
- single mothers became the
biggest group of lone mothers
since 1990's
- A child living in
this family type is
twice more likely
to be in poverty
- Over 90% of lone
parent families are
headed by mothers
- RESEARCH METHODS
- Questionnaires
- more
quantitative
data
- representative and
reliable results
- ensures anonymity so
could result in higher
response rate
- may feel more willing to
voice opinions as may
not be as sensitive and
shy
- more
quantitative
data
- Interviews
- more valid results
- some may feel more willing
to talk to individual face to
face
- less risk of individuals
misunderstanding questions
- parents will not
feel as restricted
to answer giving
more open
opinions
- more valid results
- Questionnaires
- POTENTIAL SUPPORT
- Government
- Child Benefits to help
families afford essential
resources
- Surestart for UK,
Headstart for USA
- Child Benefits to help
families afford essential
resources
- Government
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