One-Parent Families in Denmark

In spite of a sharp increase in the number and proportion of births outside marriage as well as divorces the number and proportion of genuine oneparent families in Denmark does seem rather stable. This fact is explained by the large number of couples cohabiting without a marriage certificate.; As expected, the social conditions of the genuine single-parent families are not as good as those of the two-parent families although family allowances, rent subsidy etc. to some extent will substitute the lack in income.; It is suggested that the incidents creating single-parent families should be regarded, as great and important changes in the family situation rather than as social accidents. Changesand especially unanticipated oneswill often result in economic as well as emotional problems. This indicates further that perhaps social policy measures ought to focus more on the incident itself and the period immediately following than on single parents as a whole

Cohabitation · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Single parent · Subsidy · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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