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doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000017975

Article type: Original Research

PUBLISHED 1 March 1977

Volume 2 Issue 1

doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000017975

Article type: Original Research

PUBLISHED 1 March 1977

Volume 2 Issue 1

The Single Parent Family: A Review of the Literature

Penny Burgess and Michael S. Nystul

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Penny Burgess1

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Michael S. Nystul1

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1 Dept. of Psychology, Queensland

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Penny Burgess1

Michael S. Nystul1

Affiliations

1 Dept. of Psychology, Queensland

CITATION: Burgess P., & Nystul M.S. (1977). The Single Parent Family: A Review of the Literature. Children Australia, 2(1), 89. doi.org/10.1017/S0312897000017975

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Abstract

At least 160,000 Australian men and women are single parents as the result of separation, divorce, death of the spouse, or birth out of wedlock (Social Welfare Commission, 1976). With the custody, care and control of approximately 282,000 children, these single parents can face an array of social problems and, as Schlesinger (1972) observed, warrant greater attention from the helping professions.

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