Romanian Single-parent Families: Quality of Life

The increasing divorce and fertility rates outside of marriage, the changing values in the last decades have led to a high prevalence of single parent families. Currently, worldwide, singleparent families represent about a quarter of all families. Recent changes occurring in the structure of single-parent families and also the multitude of factors that influence the quality of life of these families require the development of new research tools in order to provide foundations for social policies addressed to this type of family. The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis concerning the quality of life for single parent families in Romania, based on data collected through a research methodology developed by the authors within a scientific research project funded by a national grant called Partnerships in priority areas.

• Bertha Sânduleasa
• Aniela Matei
• Mihaela Ghenţa
• Nicolina Racoceanu

• Family policies
• quality of life
• single-parent families
• work-life balance.

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