The Precarious Survival and Hard-Won Satisfactions of White Single-Parent Families.

Richards, Leslie N.

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ERIC Number: EJ404888

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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The Precarious Survival and Hard-Won Satisfactions of White Single-Parent Families.

Richards, Leslie N.

Family Relations, v38 n4 p396-403 Oct 1989

Examined interviews with 43 White single mothers for thematic content relating to economics of single parenthood, feelings about single parenting, the children's fathers, and stigmatization. Results showed that these women had developed coping strategies and were proud of their ability to survive under adverse circumstances, but that they felt stigmatized by their poverty. (Author/TE)

Descriptors: Child Rearing, Coping, Fatherless Family, Low Income Groups, Mother Attitudes, One Parent Family, Poverty, Socioeconomic Influences, Stress Management, Surveys, Unwed Mothers, Whites

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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