title: Child abuse and violence in single-parent families: parent absence and economic deprivation.
abstract: A national survey of six thousand households found single parents to be more likely to use abusive forms of violence toward their children than are parents in dual-caretaker households. Abusive violence appears to be a function of poverty in mother-only homes but unrelated to income among single fathers.
authors.affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gelles
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D010333:Paternal Deprivation; D012307:Risk Factors; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence