Abstract

WALL, Karin. Famílias monoparentais. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas [online]. 2003, n.43, pp.51-66. ISSN 0873-6529.

The article’s main objective is to characterize lone-parent families in Portugal in 2001, and to analyse their development during the last decade. There has been an increase, in absolute and relative terms, in the number of lone-parent families and a contrast has emerged between a group of southern coastal regions, in which the high percentages of lone-parent families with dependent children are to be seen, and other regions. As in the past, it is the lone mothers who predominate and a high number of lone mothers and fathers live in complex families. With respect to the changes involved, there has been a rise in educational levels and an increase in the number of single people, along with a fall in the relative representation of widows and widowers.

Keywords : Lone-parent families; changes in families; domestic structures.

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