The Single‐Parent Family in Australia: An Overview

In: Australian journal of social issues: AJSI, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 151-161

Abstract

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.