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Publication Date: January 1994
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Orna Cohen; M. Lowenberg
Research Area: Social conditions
Keywords: Single parenthood; Divorce; Family
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This article analyzes the support systems of a single-parent father-headed (paternal) family and those of a single-parent mother-headed (maternal) family during the divorce transition. Support expected and received from the family is the highest, followed by support from friends. The desire for support from friends is higher than the support actually given, whereas more support is given than is desired by the ex-spouse's family. In relation to all sources of support, mothers express more desire to receive help than do fathers, and in fact do receive more support.