Entry:

Bane, Mary Jo, and Weiss, Robert, "Alone Together: The World of Single Parent Families," American Demographics, 2 (May, 1980), 11-15, 48.

Abstract:

The number of single-parent families increased by 47% from 1960 to 1970 and 76% from 1970 to 1978. Among the changes that occur are increased residential instability, and a reduction in income. Also, previously married people have more emotional and behavioral problems.

1972-1978

Other Data Sets:

SRC 1978; National Survey of Children