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To: peggybac

40% of American children live in a single parent home.

"But at the statistical level, there is evidence to associate growing up in single-parent families with greater risk to well-being -- including a greater risk of dropping out of school, of leaving home early, poorer health, low skills and of low pay," they said.


14 posted on 02/18/2007 1:34:57 PM PST by kjhm
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To: kjhm

I'm kind of confused why they included the following statement,

"where 16 percent of adolescent children lived with stepfamilies."


15 posted on 02/18/2007 1:59:19 PM PST by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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