Young Disadvantaged Men: Fathers, Families, Poverty, and Policy

by Timothy M. Smeeding, Ronald B. Mincy, Irwin Garfinkel

Book Overview

By age 30, between 68 and 75 percent of young men in the United States, with only a high school degree or less, are fathers. This volume provides practical, policy-driven strategies to address the national epidemic of disadvantaged young fathers and the challenges they face in raising and supporting their children. National experts discuss the issues of immediate concern to those working to reconnect disengaged dads to their children and improve child...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452205396
• ISBN13: 9781452205397
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"