Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ426557
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Black versus White Single Parents and the Value of Children.
Jacobsen, R. Brooke; Bigner, Jerry J.
Journal of Black Studies, v21 n3 p302-12 Mar 1991
A large sample of single mothers was surveyed to compare Black attitudes and White attitudes toward having children. Finds that Black single mothers find a greater degree of satisfaction in parenting than do White single mothers. Suggests that White mothers look elsewhere for life satisfactions. (DM)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Blacks, Child Rearing, Females, Life Satisfaction, One Parent Family, Questionnaires, Social Differences, Unwed Mothers, Values, Whites
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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