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SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES

Specialty Definition: SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES

Domain	Definition
Social Sciences	Families that have children maintained by one parent as a result of an out-of-wedlock birth, divorce, separation or death of a spouse. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES

Synonym: One-parent family. (additional references)

Commercial Usage: SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES

Domain	Title
Books	Single-Parent Families (At Issue (San Diego, Calif.).) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES

Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Armenia	The Government directed foreign humanitarian aid programs toward the most socially vulnerable families and single-parent families. (references)
Women	Mongolia	The high rate of alcohol abuse has contributed to increased instances of family abuse and abandonment, and has added to the number of single-parent families, most of which are headed by women. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translation: SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES

Language		Translations for "SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		onvolledige gezinnen (single parent families). (various references)

French		familles uniparentales (single parent families). (various references)

German		Alleinerziehende (single parent families). (various references)

Pig Latin		ingle-parentsay amiliesfay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern

5. Bibliography

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