Family Functioning of Single‐parent Families with Children Attending a Special Needs School in Japan

The paper considers the development of family policy in metropolises within the frameworks of the second demographic transition. Demographic transformations lead to the spread of vulnerability of certain categories of families with children—single-parent families, large families—as well as exacerbation of the problem of combining childbirth and employment, aff ordability, favorable environment for childbirth. The aim of the work is to analyze the peculiarities of fertility transformations in metropolitan cities of Ukraine and to identify the challenges caused by them, to consider current practices of family policy in developed European countries, to formulate conclusions on the development of family policy in Ukrainian cities. The work uses an array of statistical indicators, formed on the basis of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD Family Database), Eurostat (Eurostat). Fertility trends in metropolitan cities are studied by analyzing long time series. Correlation analysis is used to determine the importance of individual fertility factors in modern Ukraine. The study of family policy and the formation of recommendations is carried out using a historical analogy and a systematic approach. The novelty of the article lies in the confi rmation of the conformity of the transformation of fer tility in metropolises of Ukraine to European processes and formation of a vision of fami ly policy development in large metropolitan cities of Ukraine based on the study of demographic challenges and experience of family policy in Europe. In large metropolitan cities, the aging of motherhood and the spread of vulnerability of certain categories of families with children—single-parent families, large families—as well as exacerbation of the problem of combining childbirth and employment, aff ordability, favorable environment for childbirth has grown in intensity. Priority areas for the development of family policy in a metropolitan are the development of child care services, promotion of parental employment, promotion of housing, spread of gender equality.

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Resilience as Mediator in the Relationship between Family Functioning and Depression among Adolescents from Single Parent Families

Akademika ◽

10.17576/akad-2017-8701-08 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 87 (01) ◽

pp. 111-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ying Yee Ng ◽

Wan Shahrazad Wan Sulaiman

Keyword(s):

Family Functioning ◽

Single Parent ◽

Single Parent Families ◽

The Relationship

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Demographic picture of family in Vojvodina according to the 2002 census

Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke ◽

10.2298/zmsdn0621029k ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 29-38

Author(s):

Ankica Kuburovic

Keyword(s):

Married Couple ◽

Married Couples ◽

Single Parent ◽

Family Type ◽

Population Census ◽

Men And Women ◽

Family Unit ◽

Single Parent Families ◽

The Family ◽

Families With Children

The general demographic picture of the Vojvodina family was analyzed according to the 2002 population census. The prevailing family type is a married couple with children. In relation to the previous census, there has been an increase of single-parent families. The family in Vojvodina is ethnically homogeneous. Families with secondary education of both men and women are dominant, except in the type of married couples without children where the woman is mainly with uncompleted primary school. Family structure according to activities varies according to type of family unit, where there is birth differentiation as well. The most frequent families are those without children in which the woman is supported, and the man works. As regards families with children, the most frequent units are those in which both woman and man are active and working, but families in which only the man works are dominant.

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Changes in Family Structure in Latvia: trends and challenges

10.22616/esrd.2021.55.058 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jolanta Millere ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Family Structure ◽

Single Parent ◽

Risk Category ◽

Social Risk ◽

Nuclear Families ◽

Single Parent Families ◽

The Family ◽

Families With Children ◽

Qualitative Changes

Nowadays, we can observe various changes in family structure, which lead to the need to change the traditional understanding of the family. These changes can be explained by the prevalence of the globalization process in society, which have affected almost all spheres of life, including the family institute. Within the article, based on the analysis of statistical data and literature, the current trends of changes in family structure and related challenges will be described. When analysing changes in family structure, it is necessary to focus on both - structural and qualitative changes, which were reflected in the composition of families, trends in marriage registration, as well as in relationships between family members. The most characteristic changes show increase of such families with children where cohabiting partners are living together without registering the marriage as well as decreasing amount of nuclear families and increasing amount of single-parent families. This trend leads to other qualitative changes in family structure - several challenges of social policy because single-parent families often face different problems related to effective functioning of the family. For example, single-parent families with children are more often at risk of poverty than nuclear families, as well as face various types of problems in meeting the needs of the family. Social policy planners, when designing support for families with children, should take into account the specifics of single-parent families and provide them support according to the needs of these families, without waiting when families will fall into the social risk category.

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