The Triple Bind of Single-parent Families ― Resources, Employment and Policies to Improve Well-being

Single parents face countless hardships, but they can be boiled down to a triple bind: inadequate resources, insufficient employment, and limited support policies. This book brings together research from a range of disciplines from more than forty countries—with particularly detailed case studies from the United Kingdom, Iceland, Sweden, and Scotland. It addresses numerous issues related to the struggles of single parents, including poverty, employment, health, children’s development and education, and more.

Rense Nieuwenhuis is an assistant professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research of Stockholm University. Laurie C. Maldonado is affiliated with the LIS Cross-National Data Center and the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.