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single-parent families and education  

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  • Increasing rates of divorce and extramarital childbirth have increased the numbers of children in the United States living with a single parent, the vast majority of them with single mothers. These children experience reduced well-being, including weaker educational achievement, such as poorer standardized test scores, and lower educational attainment, with lower rates of high school and college graduation. [Source: Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide; Single-Parent Household Structure and Education]

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