For Britain now has a higher proportion of single-parent families than most other rich countries (see chart).
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Any one of these losses will harshly impact single-parent families, children, people with disabilities and the elderly.
Per the Census Bureau, poverty rates for married couples were 6.2 percent, but 27.3 percent for single-parent families.
Economic realities have also forced families to have both parents working and social realities have created more single-parent families.
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But the rise of single-parent families in itself has complex social causes, and it will not be reversed by politicians.
Unemployed young men, single-parent families, educational problems, illegal drug use they all remain.
The weakening of marriage has been heterosexuals' doing, not gays', for it is their infidelity, divorce rates and single-parent families that have wrought social damage.
Today, 35% of American children are being raised in single-parent families.
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But they also warned inner city areas of London, Nottingham, Hull and Manchester, which commonly had young populations with unhealthy habits and high levels of single-parent families, were likely to face serious problems in the future.
At a time when many countries are attacking the rights of the most vulnerable sectors of society, Venezuela is providing ever greater protection for low-income senior citizens and single-parent families with younger children or disabled dependents.
One would think an extra income contributed by a grandparent joining the household would help single-parent or even double-parent families.
Some married-parent families struggle, just as some families headed by cohabiting or single mothers thrive.
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