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'The percentage of single parent families has increased in the last decade as a result of an increasing divorce rate and changing social attitudes'
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'The percentage of single parent families has increased in the last decade as a result of an increasing divorce rate and changing social attitudes' Investigate the social and economic consequences of this development Introduction The dictionary definition1 of 'family' is 1. Group of parents and their children 2. One's spouse and children 3. One's children 4. Group descended from a common ancestor 5. Group of related objects or beings The 'ideal' type of family for a modern society is the nuclear family comprising a breadwinner husband and dependent wife and children.2 All families are subject to constant change and fluidity, "Family members grow older and move in and out of different households, though death, birth, marriage, divorce or simply leaving home."3 Argument - Social There are an estimated 1.75million one-parent families in Britain4, which is nearly a quarter of all families. Ninety per cent of lone parents are women and more than half of one-parent families live below the poverty line. The...
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