Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Fragile families and the marriage agenda / Sara S. McLanahan -- Marrying for America / Dawne Moon and Jaye Cee Whitehead -- Teen childbearing and public policy / Brent C. Miller, Rayna A. Sage and Bryan Winward -- Fragile families and family law -- Lynn D. Wardle -- Family structure and child well-being: the role of parental social connections / Rachel E. Dunifon and Lori Kowaleski-Jones -- Shifting fortunes in a changing economy: trends in the economic well-being of divorced women / Matthew McKeever and Nicholas H. Wolfinger -- Family structure and adolescent labor market participation: examining the motives for and effects of at-risk students' work for pay during high school / Mikaela J. Dufur and Kelly P. Troutman -- Maybe someday: marriage and cohabitation among low income fathers / Renata Forste -- Fatherhood as a transformative process: unexpected successes among high risk fathers / Paul Florsheim and Le Q. Ngu |
Summary |
"This volume, the product of the 2003 Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum at the University of Utah, explores various issues related to fragile families. In addition to addressing the proposition that government involvement can raise marriage rates, this book contains legal and theoretical perspectives on the marriage agenda, addresses some of the causes and consequences of offspring well-being in fragile families, and considers the importance of fathers."--Jacket |
Notes |
"Based on a collection of papers presented at the 2003 Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum, an annual lecture series at the University of Utah"--Page viii |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Single-parent families -- United States -- Congresses
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Marriage law -- United States -- Congresses
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Children of single parents -- United States -- Congresses
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Family policy -- United States -- Congresses
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Single Parent.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Children of single parents
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Family policy
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Marriage law
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Single-parent families
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United States
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Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Kowaleski-Jones, Lori
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Wolfinger, Nicholas H., 1966-
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ISBN |
9780387258843 |
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0387258841 |
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0387260250 |
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9780387260259 |
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9780387681733 |
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0387681736 |
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6610618739 |
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9786610618736 |
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