PSY 3123 Lecture 12: The Lone-Parent Family -- The Future Majority?

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Kristel Thomassin

Document Summary

Statistics canada > intact: family still together; broken: divorce. A mother or father, with no spouse or common-law partner present, living in a dwelling with one or more children. 80% (8/10) lone-parent families headed by a woman. Biggest change you"re seeing is who"s the head of the household. Children are viewed as separate from marriage. Becoming lone parent my be the result of. Death of a spouse (majority in 1961) Lone parenthood can end for various reasons. Remarriage, cohabitation, change of custody, or independence of children. Since it"s not permanent, it"s very dif cult to study. Many teen mothers marry or enter common-law relationships young. Become single parents at a later age. As a group, lone-parent families have the lowest average total incomes. 2008: average female lone-parent family made 300 (or 70% of what the male lone-parent family earned) Female lone-parent families at risk of living in poverty.