Research Report No. 153
By Professor Jane Millar and Dr.Tess Ridge
This literature review conducted by the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy at the University of Bath provides a critical summary of recent research on families, focusing on lone parents and low-income couples with children. The three main substantive topics covered are family patterns and dynamics; poverty and living standards; and employment patterns, barriers to work and the impact of welfare to work programmes.
November 2001 248 pages 297x210mm
ISBN 1 84123 406 0 £38.50
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