Sociology 2235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Visible Minority
20 Mar 2016
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Noah"s ark syndrome (schlesinger): coming two by two. Fast increase in those living in single parent households. Lone parent family: a mother or father with no spouse or common law partner present, living in a dwelling with 1+ children. 8 in 10 headed by women higher rate in territories (nunavut = highest, nova scoia = highest province) 20% of children 14 and under live in one. More frequent in visible minoriies: somali, jamaican, haiian. War, less advanced medicine and poor health condiion. Factors in the changing reasons for lone parents. Widows remain lone parents the longest and least likely to remarry. Mothers allowance (1920): payments to morally upright women with dependent children. Canada assistance plan (1966): share the costs of assistance between federal and provincial governments: lone parent: unemployable unil their youngest child reached 18. Naional child beneit (1988): reduce child poverty, overlap in social assistance programs and encourage parents to ind jobs.
