One parent families : some social implications of lone-parenthood

Fuchs, Jean Ra'hel

One parent families : some social implications of lone-parenthood

Master Thesis

1980

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Department of Social Development

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Abstract

The researcher seeks through an overview of the literature and her own research to examine and arrive at a broader understanding of the one-parent family in an as yet predominantly two-parent society. The overview of literature will also be used as a base for comparison with the findings from the writer's own research. The study is exploratory and descriptive and is a case study of 70 lone-parents who are members of two single-parent organizations in a South African city. A purpose of the study is to examine how these lone-parents fulfil some of their parental roles and to determine which factors arising out of the state of lone-parenthood, or associated with it, affect their roles as parents, their children, and themselves as persons. From the research of lone-parenthood, the writer will draw attention to some of the social implications, make some recommendations for community action and will postulate some hypotheses.

Description

Bibliography: p. 358-372.

Keywords

Social Work

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