Finally, we draw conclusions about whether changes in
family structure can help explain race-ethnicity differences in recent wealth trends of college graduates.
Table 5:
Family structure and economic status of participants
While the gap in educational attainment by
family structure has widened over time, factors beyond
family structure may be responsible for that trend.
Yet Moynihan was absolutely right to emphasize the consequences for low-income children of changing
family structure. Partly because there is often only one income coming into a single-parent household, children of unmarried moms are roughly five times as likely to live in poverty as children of married couples.
Interestingly, the authors found that
family structure was not related to children's academic test scores from kindergarten to second grade, but that parental education, poor school quality, and neighborhood disadvantage all contributed to widening test score gaps in the first two years of school between African American and white students.
Family structure has a profound impact on child development (Gavin, Chae, & Takeuchi, 2009).
Ecapan said mut'ah marriage destroys
family structure in the society and constitutes an obstacle for notable generations.
A study on the effects of family background and parental involvement on Egyptian adolescents' academic achievement and school disengagement found that
family structure does indeed affect a parent's likelihood to involve himself or herself in a child's schooling.
conflict, betrayal within the
family structure. The result is a powerful story replete with regional characters and influences, perfect for any literary collection strong in short stories.
Road Trip to Redemption offers important keys to family relationships as it provides the autobiography of Mathias' own
family structure and the revelations he faced as a busy yet contented father who notices his middle child withdrawing but receives word from God that it's more than normal teen angst.
None of these studies, however, have offered a comparative analysis of the slave
family structure in the non-cotton-producing regions of the South.
Yet despite often polarized views and opinions on contemporary
family structure, non-traditional families (i.e., those families that shatter long-established nostalgic images and caricatures), are emerging front and center.
