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Fatherless families

Are they the future?

Over a quarter of all families in Britain today are single-parent families. Some female lone parents are ‘single mothers by choice’. But who are they, and what do we know about them?

The family has always been a popular topic with sociology students, who are aware of the many changes that have taken place in British families over the past 60 years or so.

In this stimulating article, Sophie Zadeh introduces us to another family form, one that may be less familiar, namely families headed by ‘single mothers by choice’. Her account of the interesting research into this will enable you to write more fully on different types of family in contemporary Britain.

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