Abstract Prior Journal of Marriage and Family decade‐in‐review articles have grappled with
the definition and role of family policy for research and policy practice while emphasizing its …

Increases in cohabitation, nonmarital childbearing, and partnership dissolution have
reshaped the family landscape in most Western countries. The United States shares many …

Objective This study investigated how single parents reorganize their family system after
divorce. Background Families are dynamic systems that change over time and adapt to …

What if the idealized image of American society—a land of opportunity that will reward hard
work with economic success—is completely wrong? Few topics have as many myths …

Single-parent families represent an increasingly common family structure. Across
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, on average …

Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequalityexplores and
critiques the widespread perception in the United States that one's success or failure in life is …

Purpose This paper examines the financial challenges of single mothers in Brunei,
illustrating how single parenting affects their lifestyle choices and the co** mechanisms …

Social support has been shown to be important in the world of single parents. As for divorce,
social support is mostly studied in a static way in academic research. Divorcing and/or …

Researchers seeking to perform country‐comparative and trend analyses using income data
have to account for the fact that income surveys differ in whether income is measured gross …

Purpose This study aims to investigate whether social investment (SI) policies improve
employment among single mothers. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyzes the …