Generation unbound : drifting into sex and parenthood without marriage / / Isabel V. Sawhill

• Autore: Sawhill Isabel V.
• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.874/32
• Soggetto topico: Unmarried mothers - United States; Unmarried fathers - United States; Youth - Sexual behavior - United States; Family planning - United States; Marriage - United States
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Inside Flap; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface; An Introduction; The End of Marriage?; Why Should We Worry?; A Growing Class Divide; Traditionalists and Village Builders; Childbearing by Design Not by Default; The Future: Less Marriage, Fewer Children?; Appendix; Notes; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return totraditional marriage.In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change ""drifters"" into ""planners."" In a well-written and accessible survey of the impact of family structure on child well-being, Sawhill contrasts ""planners,"" who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with ""drifters,"" who
• Titolo autorizzato: Generation unbound
• ISBN: 0-8157-2635-X; 0-8157-2559-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787047903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II