RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Review of the health of children in one-parent families
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 478
OP 483
VO 35
IS 279
A1 A.J. Jennings
A1 M.G. Sheldon
YR 1985
UL http://bjgp.org/content/35/279/478.abstract
AB The evidence from the few published studies concerning the physical health of children in one-parent families, suggests that these children have both a higher rate of hospitalization and a higher consulting rate with their general practitioner than two-parent children. There is also an indication that children in one-parent families suffer more health problems in the home than children in two-parent families. However, the studies that have been reviewed provide neither detailed nor confirmed results and at present the character of child health in one-parent families remains uncertain.