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Poor Mothers and Lonely Single Males

The ‘Essentially’ Excluded Women and Men of Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID12714648
AuthorsRoger Patulny (0000-0003-4510-6987, University of Wollongong, corresponding author), Melissa Wong (0000-0002-3040-2954, UNSW Sydney)
Year2012
Volume12
Issue2
Pages221-239
Publication date2012-09-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Policy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1474746412000449
OpenAlexW2115407032
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited41

It is unclear how much gendered social exclusion and disconnection reflects a problem or a preference. Women may prefer market-disengagement despite the risk of exclusion from ‘normal’ social activities through financial incapacity, and men may prefer market-engagement despite the risk of disconnection from informal social networks. This article examines these issues amongst Australian men and women. It finds women, particularly single and low-income mothers, are more socially excluded, and men, particularly single middle-aged men, are the most socially disconnected, after preferences. Future policy should be cognisant of contact preferences, intra-household support dynamics, long work hours and prevailing gender norms

Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Disconnection · Disengagement theory · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Preference · Single mothers · Social exclusion · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Gerontology

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Citation span2012 - 2025 (14)
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