Children growing up in a home with no father have become increasingly more common in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). Consequences of absentee fathers include; increased chances of poverty and negative impacts on social, emotional, behavioral and educational outcomes. This study investigated whether a relationship exists between…

In his 1965 report on the black family, Daniel Patrick Moynihan highlighted the rising fraction of black children growing up in households headed by unmarried mothers. He attributed the increase largely to the precarious economic position of black men, many of whom were no longer able to play their traditional role as their family's primary…

The authors examined predictors of offense severity, judicial disposition (e.g., diversion, prosecution, incarceration), and repeat offending. Data were obtained on approximately 100,000 individuals from the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice. Whites and females were more likely to be prosecuted than Blacks and males, particularly for…

The researchers examined childhood family structure, age, and race/ethnicity as correlates of paternal relationships using the Father Presence Questionnaire. The sample consisted of 788 adult women aged 18 to 88 years from ethnically diverse backgrounds. The most consistent finding was the effect of family structure on participants' evaluations of…

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) serves more than 29 million children each day, but there is little information on the characteristics of those children. This study reports new estimates of NSLP participant characteristics using two national surveys: the 2001 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and the 1999-2002…

In 2004, the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) served an average of 29 million lunches daily, at a Federal cost of $7.6 billion. Schools are reimbursed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) according to the number of each type of meal served. FNS administrative data do not include information on the…

The frequent absence of adult males from the households of lowerclass blacks reportedly results in boys perceiving themselves as less worthwhile persons than boys who live with adult males or girls. Support was not found for this hypothesis in a Philadelphia study of 280 black, preadolescents which used self-attitude measures. (CS)

This research examines some of the consequences, for female children, of father absence within the existing framework of sexual and racial stratification. An analysis of survey data by Morris Rosenberg and Roberta Simmons shows that father-loss has mixed implications for girls, and patterns differ between blacks and whites. (Author/GC)

Aggression scores were obtained for 132 preadolescent inner-city males. A statistically significant, two-way race by paternal absence interaction indicated that, when compared to their racial-ethnic counterparts living with both parents, father-absent Puerto Ricans were equally as aggressive, father-absent blacks were less aggressive, and…

Investigates how structural circumstances condition the meaning of the father-son connection and the effects of father-absence: examining a sample of white and black adolescents, the research sought father-present/father-absent differences in personal identity and orientation toward the conventional success goals of early adulthood. (Author/JM)

THE INTELLECTUAL TEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NEGRO AND WHITE FIRST- AND FIFTH-GRADERS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES WERE CONSIDERED. THE LORGE-THORNDIKE, LEVEL I, PRIMARY BATTERY WAS USED FOR FIRST GRADERS, AND LEVEL III FOR FIFTH GRADERS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT RACE INFLUENCE TENDS TO BECOME MORE MANIFEST AND CRUCIAL AS THE SOCIAL CLASS LEVEL…

Reports that poverty among American youth increased between 1959 and 1982. Suggests that this was a combined effect of high unemployment, cuts in social welfare programs, and, most significantly, the increase in households headed by single women. Presents statistics on family demographics, race, and income, and calls for more supportive public…

Used data from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine extent to which presence or absence of biological fathers from home was associated with gender difference in presence or absence of children and gender differences in home environment encountered by children. Results for black children were less systematic than those for white…

Surveys American mothers, both Black and White, on issues of kin networks, childcare, and financial support. Confirms Black mothers have better access to relatives for financial support and childcare, though almost one-third of Blacks had no kin network. Network support insufficiently met childcare needs of many mothers. (Author/TES)