title: Lone-parent families in cross-cultural perspectives: ethnic and immigration issues.
abstract: "One-parent families represent about 10-20 percent of all families in Europe, North America, New Zealand and Australia. About 90 percent are headed by women, who have become heads of households mainly due to divorce, separation, and never-married status. The presentation will review existing research and data related to cross-cultural one-parent families. The topics covered include routes to lone parenthood, characteristics common among female-headed families, positive and negative aspects of this type of family, up-to-date statistics, and a discussion of children living in one-parent families. Implications for immigration and ethnicity issues will be included...as well as research implications and intervention strategies for the one-parent family."
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authors.lastname: Schlesinger
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001315:Australia; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D009520:New Zealand; D009656:North America; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D020954:Single-Parent Family
keywords: Americas; Australia; Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Ethnic Groups; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Head Of Household--women; Households; International Migration; Literature Review; Migration; New Zealand; North America; Northern America; Oceania; One Parent Family; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Studies