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SINGLE PARENT FAMILY [1 record]

Record 1 2024-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
DEF

A family that consists of one parent and one or more children.

CONT

We provide food and grocery vouchers to single-parent families in response to our community's food insecurity which has been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key term(s)
  • one parent family
  • lone parent family

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
DEF

Famille composée d'un seul parent et d'au moins un enfant.

CONT

Des études montrent que la monoparentalité s'accompagne de conséquences économiques importantes et, malgré les programmes de lutte contre la pauvreté mis en place, les familles monoparentales sont plus susceptibles de vivre des épisodes de pauvreté.

OBS

famille monoparentale : Équivalent adopté par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la familia
DEF

Familia [...] compuesta por uno de los padres y los hijos.

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