Who are lone parents? Challenging the media perception

Citation

McQuaid R (2014) Who are lone parents? Challenging the media perception. Informing and supporting action to improve health and tackle inequality [Blog post] 08.12.2014. https://www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news/537_who_are_lone_parents_challenging_the_media_perception

Abstract
First paragraph: In the media, lone parents are often portrayed as young, unemployed mothers on benefits whose children will grow up disadvantaged. How accurate is this view? Figures cited in this report for the GCPH by Edinburgh Napier and Stirling Universities shed a more accurate light on the case.

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Professor Ronald McQuaid

Emeritus Professor, Management, Work and Organisation