PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Psy, Physical Abuse, Pregnancy Rate

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Kristel Thomassin

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P s y 3 1 2 3 : c h a p t e r 9. F r i d a y , m a r c h 3 , 2 0 1 7. Discussion: not necessarily right to call the family broken , leads to a stigma. A mother or a father, with no spouse or common law partner present, living in a dwelling with one or more children. Possible that there are other parental figures in child"s life, or maybe child still keeps in contact and visits the other parent. 8 in 10 lone parent families headed by a woman. But, proportion of father led lone parent families is increasing. Table 9. 1 (important): 16. 3% total lone-parent families in 2011 (has not changed drastically) Percentage of male parent has increased (the aspect that has changed the most) Increase in unmarried mothers: women don"t necessarily need a partner or to be married to have a child.