Jan 14 - Lone Parent Families

Question 1

Define: Lone-Parent

Answer 1

A mother or a father, with no spouse or common-law partner present, living in a dwelling with one or more children

Question 2

8/10 lone-parent families are headed by what gender?

Answer 2

8/10 = headed by a woman

Question 3

Teenage mother

Answer 3

a woman who has her first birth under the age of 20, 4% of all Canadian births, Most teen mothers are single mothers