Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Changing Lone Parents, Changing Life Courses -- Changing Pathways of Lone Parents in Europe -- Prevalence of Lone Parents in Europe -- Life Course Trajectories of Lone Parents -- Challenging Life Domains for Lone Parents: Poverty, Work, and Health -- Work Trajectories -- Poverty -- Health Trajectories -- Migration and Lone Parenthood -- Lone Parents and Their Children -- Parenting -- Child Outcomes -- Welfare States and the Support for Lone Parents -- Overview of the Book -- References -- Part I: Defining Lone Parents -- Chapter 2: Changing Lone Parenthood Patterns: New Challenges for Policy and Research -- A Fuzzy Definition of Lone Parenthood -- Variation and Change in the Prevalence of Lone Parenthood -- Changing Reasons and Trajectories of Lone Parenthood in France -- Lone Parenthood in France as a Transition in the Family Life Course -- Contrasting Patterns of Lone Parenthood in European Societies -- Old and New Challenges for Family and Social Policy -- Changing Norms: From Stigmatization for Moral Reasons to Stigmatization of Poverty and Welfare State Dependency -- Policy Responses to Changing Models of Parenthood -- Challenging Social Policy: Lone Parenthood as a Social Risk -- The Relative Failure of Activation Policies -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: A Media Discourse Analysis of Lone Parents in the UK: Investigating the Stereotype -- Introduction -- Intersectionality -- Data and Methodology -- Identity Factors -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Class -- Economic Factors -- Age -- Causes of Lone Parenthood -- Sexuality -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 4: Lone Young Parenthood by Choice? Life Stories in Great Britain -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Lone Young Parenthood and Its Political Approach: A Success Story.

Findings: Some New Insights -- Young Mothers Speak Out! -- Living on a Tight Budget: The Big Issue -- A Roof Over My Head -- Did You Say Social Life? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Variety of Transitions into Lone Parenthood -- Variety of Transitions into Lone Parenthood -- Background and Significance -- Data and Methods -- Findings: Marking the Transition to Lone Parenthood -- Objective Markers Usually Used in Modelling Union and Family Transitions -- Relational and Subjective Markers of the Transition to Lone Parenthood -- Ambivalence About Lone-Parenthood Status -- Discussion -- Annex 1: Respondents' Profiles at Interview -- References -- Part II: Demographics of Lone Parents -- Chapter 6: Are Lone Mothers Also Lonely Mothers? Social Networks of Unemployed Lone Mothers in Eastern Germany -- Theoretical Background: Subjective Well-Being and Social Networks -- Lone Mothers' Well-Being, Social Networks, and Support -- Methods -- Results -- The Qualitative Accounts on the Current Life Situation and Well-Being -- Network Structure and Composition -- Network Typology -- How Is Well-Being Related to the Network Types and Characteristics? -- Balancing Strains and Support in a Network Dominated by the Family of Origin -- Balancing Strains and Support in a Conjugal Network -- High Level of Well-Being in an Extended Network -- Limited Well-Being in a Restricted Network -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 7: Migrant Status and Lone Motherhood - Risk Factors of Female Labour Force Participation in Switzerland -- Introduction -- Background -- The Swiss Context and Lone Mothers' Employment -- The Role of the Migrant Status for Labour Market Participation -- Socio-demographic Factors -- Data and Methods -- Data -- Dependent Variables and Method -- Control Variables and Sample Description -- Results -- In and Out of Employment -- Working Hours.

Effect of Control Variables -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Part III: Income and Poverty Among Lone Parents -- Chapter 8: 'Only a Husband Away from Poverty'? Lone Mothers' Poverty Risks in a European Comparison -- Introduction -- Theory and Hypotheses -- The Labor Market -- The Welfare State -- The Interplay of Institutional Configurations and Individual Characteristics -- Data, Measures and Methods -- Data &amp -- Sample -- Measures -- Analytical Strategy -- Descriptive Findings -- Lone Mothers' At-Risk-of-Poverty Rates &amp -- Poverty Ratios -- Social Composition and Lone Mothers' Poverty Risks -- Institutional Configurations -- Main Findings from Multi-level Analysis -- Do Gender Inequalities Influence Lone Mothers' Poverty Risks? -- Do Gender Inequalities Affect the Effects of Individual Characteristics on Poverty? -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 9: Income Trajectories of Lone Parents After Divorce: A View with Belgian Register Data -- Introduction -- The Rise of Lone Parenthood in Belgium -- Income, Poverty and Lone Parenthood in the Life Course -- Belgian Divorce Legislation and Financial Consequences of Divorce -- Aims -- Data and the Identification of Lone Parents -- Results -- Partner Trajectories in Lone Parenthood -- Income Effects of Repartnering -- Income Effects of Labour Market Participation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: The Economic Consequences of Becoming a Lone Mother -- Literature Review -- The UK Context -- Data Description -- Methods -- Lone Mothers in the UK: Characteristics, Employment and Income -- Trajectories Over Time: Changes in Economic Outcomes -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Labour Market Behavior of Lone Parents -- Chapter 11: The Role of Informal Childcare in Mothers' Experiences of Care and Employment: A Qualitative Lifecourse Analysis.

Introduction -- Single Parents' Lifecourses and Childcare and Employment -- Qualitative Longitudinal Research: Fateful Moments, Timespaces and Caringscapes -- Australian Context: Single Parenthood, Income Support and Childcare -- The Study -- Data Collection -- The Sample -- Data Analysis -- The Role of Informal Carers in Supporting Single Mothers' Transition from "Welfare to Work" -- Entering Employment or Education, and the 'Helping Hand' of Informal Care -- Balancing Work/Study and Care -- Managing Changing Childcare Needs Across the Lifecourse -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Lone Mothers in Belgium: Labor Force Attachment and Risk Factors -- Introduction -- Lone Parenthood Between Welfare and Labour Market Participation -- Lone Parenthood in the Flanders -- Data and Methods -- Results -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- Part V: Well-Being and Health of Lone Parents -- Chapter 13: Associations Between Lone Motherhood and Depression: A Co-twin Control Study -- Introduction -- Prior Research Investigating Lone Motherhood and Depression -- Social Selection vs Social Causation -- The Utility of Twin Research in the Study of Behavioral Data -- Sweden: Current Policy Landscape -- A Data Illustration Using the Swedish Twin Registry -- Methods -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: The Selective Nature of Lone Parenthood: The Case of Ireland -- Introduction -- The Irish Case -- Debating the Role of Parents -- Data Source -- The Importance of Selection -- Confounding Factors -- School Clustering -- The Propensity Score Matching Method -- Findings -- Educational Development -- Physical Health -- Psychological Wellbeing -- Discussion -- Families, Policy and Research -- References -- Chapter 15: Changes in Lone Mothers' Health: A Longitudinal Analysis -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Data &amp.

Methods -- Data Management and Methods -- Variables -- Results -- Descriptive Analysis -- Multivariate Analyses -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Erratum to: Changing Lone Parents, Changing Life Courses.

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