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The Lone Father and his Children: An aspect of Family policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Arnold J. Katz
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Over the last few years the Australian family has again become a focal point for inquiry and intervention. Scholars and researchers, as well as the government, have suggested there has been a breakdown in Australian family life. This has brought in its wake a concomitant increase in divorce and separation, a surge of single parent families, and a decrease in the marriage rate. A broad range of activities has been initiated to both understand the parameters and substance of the subject, as well as to develop means of supporting and strengthening the family.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 5 , Issue 1-2 , Autumn/Winter 1980 , pp. 35 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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