Generation Unbound
Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage
Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage.In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change drifters into planners. In a well-written and accessible survey of the impact of family structure on child well-being, Sawhill contrasts planners, who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with drifters, who are having unplanned children early and outside of marriage. Thes…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8157-2559-6
- EAN: 9780815725596
- Produktnummer: 22220089
- Verlag: Brookings Institution Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 212 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 669 KB
Über den Autor
Isabel V. Sawhill is a senior fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings, where she holds the Cabot Family Chair. She also serves as codirector of the Center on Children and Families. She is the coauthor (with Ron Haskins) of Creating an Opportunity Society (Brookings, 2009) and board president of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
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