A study comparing economic status of single mother families to each other and two parent families in eight countries, using data from the LIS. Four hypotheses are investigated and findings are reported.

This paper examines women's roles and economic status in eight industrialized countries, using data from the LIS in an established welfare state topology framework. The two part analysis compares the variation in women's roles across countries, as well as the relationship between role and...

This paper examines four demographic trends which underlie the changes in the American family. Family diversity and its implications for the economic well-being of American women is also examined.

In the shadow of rising divorce and non-marital birth rates, nearly twothirdsof all American children today will live apart from at least one oftheir parents, usually the father. Clearly this astonishing proportion ofnon-resident fathers has serious implications for the economic,employment, and...