Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family
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Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family is a book by British sociologist Dennis Marsden
based on a study with the same name in 1955-1966. The aim of the study is to learn more about the lives of mothers living alone, whether they are unmarried, separated, divorced, or widowed.
The study was developed from the larger “Poverty in the UK” project by Peter Townsend and Mothers Alone was meant to analyse the problems that families experience due to low levels of income and the lack of fathers. Questions asked in the study include issues such as housing conditions, homelessness
, diet and nutrition
, family relations and the adequacy of assistance offered.
Most of the data has been digitalized and it can be obtained, together with additional study information, from the Economic and Social Data Service
(ESDS) website.
Dennis Marsden
Dennis Marsden was a British sociologist based at the University of Essex. He was the co-author of Education and the Working Class , and the author of Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family ....
based on a study with the same name in 1955-1966. The aim of the study is to learn more about the lives of mothers living alone, whether they are unmarried, separated, divorced, or widowed.
The study was developed from the larger “Poverty in the UK” project by Peter Townsend and Mothers Alone was meant to analyse the problems that families experience due to low levels of income and the lack of fathers. Questions asked in the study include issues such as housing conditions, homelessness
Homelessness
Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are unable or unwilling to acquire and maintain regular, safe, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence." The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country...
, diet and nutrition
Nutrition
Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
, family relations and the adequacy of assistance offered.
Most of the data has been digitalized and it can be obtained, together with additional study information, from the Economic and Social Data Service
Economic and Social Data Service
The Economic and Social Data Service is a national data archiving and dissemination service that was founded in January 2003. It is funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joint Information Systems Committee ....
(ESDS) website.