Painful Inheritance: Health and the New Generation of Fatherless Families (Life Course Studies) - Softcover

Angel, Ronald J.; Angel, Jacqueline Lowe

 
9780299139643: Painful Inheritance: Health and the New Generation of Fatherless Families (Life Course Studies)
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ISBN 10: 0299139646 ISBN 13: 9780299139643
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994

Synopsis

A comprehensive examination of the impact of single motherhood on the physical and mental health of women and their children in the USA. Based on scientific information, it predicts serious, long-term health consequences due to the poverty and social disorganisation in which many families live.

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About the Author

Ronald J. Angel is professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and the editor of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Jacqueline L. Angel is lecturer in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Health and Living Arrangements of the Elderly.

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0299139646
ISBN 13 
9780299139643
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
288

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