Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family

Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family is a book by British sociologist Dennis Marsden based on a study with the same name in 1955-1966. The aim of the study is to learn more about the lives of mothers living alone, whether they are unmarried, separated, divorced, or widowed.[1]

The study was developed from the larger “Poverty in the UK” project by Peter Townsend and Mothers Alone was meant to analyse the problems that families experience due to low levels of income and the lack of fathers. Questions asked in the study include issues such as housing conditions, homelessness, diet and nutrition, family relations and the adequacy of assistance offered.[2]

Most of the data has been digitalized and it can be obtained, together with additional study information, from the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) website.

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  1. ↑ Economic and Social Data Services (ESDS), “Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family, 1955-1966”, catalogue record entry, retrieved September 23, 2009
  2. ↑ ESDS Qualidata, “Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family, 1955-1966” webpages, retrieved September 23, 2009

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