Educational Achievement of Children From Single-Mother and Single-Father Families: The Case of Japan

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 915-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuko Nonoyama-Tarumi
Keyword(s):  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
Single Father

The Importance of Family Structure and Family Income on Family's Educational Expenditure and Children's College Attendance

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 753-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Jui Han ◽  
Chien-Chung Huang ◽  
Irwin Garfinkel
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
College Attendance ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Attendance Rates ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
Single Father ◽  
Educational Expenditure ◽  
Single Mother Families

Using the 1991-1998 Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, we analyzed the determinants of college attendance rates and educational expenditure among families with children in Taiwan, paying particular attention to the effects of family structure and family income. The findings indicate that higher family income is consistently associated with higher college attendance rates and spending on education. Children in single-parent families have lower college attendance rates than children in two-parent families. Furthermore, single-parent families spend less on education. When family income is taken into account, single-mother families are not significantly different from two-parent families on the outcome variables. Single-father families, however, are estimated to have significantly lower college attendance rates and educational expenditure after controlling for family income. These results suggest that improving the economic security of single-parent families will increase their children's attainment in single-mother families but will not eliminate the attainment gap between children in single-father and two-parent families.

Sex Differences in Parenting Behaviors in Single-Mother and Single-Father Households

2010 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 1092-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikaela J. Dufur ◽  
Nyssa C. Howell ◽  
Douglas B. Downey ◽  
James W. Ainsworth ◽  
Alice J. Lapray
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Single Father

A Comparison of Children Living in Single-Mother and Single-Father Families

1989 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 169-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben Schnayer ◽  
R. Robert Orr
Keyword(s):  
Single Mother ◽  
Single Father
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