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The Single‐Parent Family in Australia: An Overview
Author(s) -
Schlesinger Benjamin
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1972.tb00490.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , single parent , family studies , sociology , genealogy , australian population , population , single parent family , social science , geography , demography , psychology , developmental psychology , history , political science , law
Studies of single‐parent families in Australia are reviewed and statistical trends related to this type of family pattern are discussed. It is quite evident that family sociology has paid little attention to this growing population in Australia. The categories reviewed include single parents, unmarried mothers, widows, deserted wives and the families of prisoners.