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. ....
Funding
Centre for Research in Social Policy
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Social Sciences
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Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
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Lone parents under pressure
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HIRSCH, D. and STONE, J., 2019. Lone parents under pressure. Loughborough: Loughborough University.
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