...consequences of family structure for children. They conclude: Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average,...regardless of whether the resident parent remarries. 11 Children from father-absent families are more likely to drop out of school and generally obtain...

...educational differences. Thus one recent study finds that "Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average,...regardless of the parents' race or educational background. . . . Compared with teen-agers of similar background who grow up with both parents at home, adolescents...

...ten years of study: Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are tvorse off, on average, than children who grow up in a household...educational background, regardless of whether the parents arc married when the child is born, and regardless of whether the resident parent remarries.20 They...

...poverty, social isolation, and other types of vulnerability. Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average,...with both of their biological parents, regardless of whether the parents are married when the child is born, and regardless of whether the resident parent...

...find the situation to be even more grim than that, saying, "Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average,...born, and regardless of whether the resident parent remarries."18 To overcome the conditions in which most minority children and a growing number of other...

...Single Parent and asserting in italics, right on page 1 , Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average,...regardless of the parents' race or educational background, * At least they certainly give that impression. On the other hand, their activities result in remarkably...

...state their conclusions early in the book — in italics. Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average,...born, and regardless of whether the resident parent remarries.25 Is single parenthood the only reason some children do poorly? McLanahan and Sandefur say...

...Sandefur recently concluded that, "The evidence is quite clear: Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average,...regardless of whether the resident parent remarries."' CONTROLLING FOR parental education, occupation, family income, welfare receipt, parenting styles, time...

...Single Parent ( 1 994) concluded with stunning directness that Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average, than children who grow up in the household with both of their biological parents, regardless of the parent's race or educational...

...single-parenthood as children in general: The evidence is quite clear: Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average,...born, and regardless of whether the resident parent remarries.13 father absence in the Black community. The Morehouse Conference on African American Fathers...