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Author Portier-Le Cocq, Fabienne

Title Fertility, Health and Lone Parenting : European Contexts
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages)
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Lone parents in the UK -- 2 Lone parents, poverty and mental health: results from the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey 2012 -- 3 Mental ill-health among parents after divorce and separation: causes, consequences and compounding factors -- 4 Surviving, not thriving: eating and health in lone-parent families in the UK -- 5 Child health and lone motherhood: evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
6 The disparities in health and quality of life in child protection: the case of the Loire-Atlantique department7 Family context and adoption of risky lifestyles: a study of English adolescents -- 8 Public health, social anxieties: the example of the English lone teenage mother -- 9 The health of British young mothers and their children -- 10 Young fathers and their perspective of health and well-being: examples from the ESRC â#x80;#x98;Following Young Fathers Studyâ#x80;#x99
""11 Lone parentsâ#x80;#x99; self-rated health in European comparative perspective: socio-economic factors, job quality and social protection""
Summary "In Europe, the percentage of lone-parent families has risen from 14% to 19% between 1996 and 2012. Only in Greece and Finland did the rates fall, while in Denmark and the Republic of Ireland the rise has reached or exceeded 10 percent. As of 2017, there are 2.9 million lone parents with dependent children in the UK, and nine out of ten lone parents are women. Sadly, lone parents are known to experience considerable social, financial, and health problems.Fertility, Health and Lone Parenting examines the way in which lone parents live their lives, and how it impacts their health and well-being. Topics explored in these interdisciplinary contributions include lifestyle, nutrition, and the mental health of both parents and children. Unique empirical case studies within a European context help to expand the reader's understanding, whilst also drawing comparisons between the impacts of lone parenting on young mothers, fathers and their children.A timely volume, this book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in subjects such as Sociology of the Family, Social Policy, Social Work, Gender Studies and Family Policy."--Provided by publisher
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Subject Single parents -- Europe
Single-parent families -- Europe
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Single-parent families
Single parents
Europe
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351803243
1351803247
9781315208305
131520830X