How Single-Parent Children Speak About Poverty and Social Exclusion: Policy Implications From a Comparative, Qualitative, Cross-National Project

• NCJ Number: 243494
• Journal: Child & Youth Services Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Dated: January -March 2013 Pages: 64-84
• Author(s): Spyros Spyrou
• Date Published: March 2013
• Length: 21 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The goal this study was to investigate single-parent children's experiences and understandings of poverty and social exclusion in their everyday lives and to make relevant policy recommendations.

Abstract

This article presents some of the key findings from a comparative, qualitative research study carried out in the United Kingdom, Greece, and Cyprus. The main goal of the study was to investigate single-parent children's experiences and understandings of poverty and social exclusion in their everyday lives and to make relevant policy recommendations. The article highlights children's voices and illustrates the utility of integrating them in efforts to develop sensitive policies which meet their needs as these stem from their own experiences of poverty and social exclusion while also making the case for the utility of comparative, qualitative, cross-national research. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.