2134/36889 Donald Hirsch Donald Hirsch Juliet Stone Juliet Stone Lone parents under pressure Loughborough University 2019 untagged Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified 2019-02-14 14:02:29 Report https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/report/Lone_parents_under_pressure/9471209 Of 2.5 million children living in lone parent households0F 1 today, over 1.8 million have insufficient income coming into their household to afford a minimum standard of living, allowing them to meet material needs and participate in society. That is to say, nearly three out four children with a lone parent have household income below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) benchmark showing what ordinary families say is needed as a minimum in the UK today. ....