RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Single-parent families, educational gradient, and child deprivation: The cases of Italy and Spain
A1 Pérez Corral, Antonio Luis
A1 Moreno Mínguez, Almudena
K1 Child deprivation
K1 Inequality
K1 Single-parent families
K1 Educational level
K1 Southern Europe
K1 63 Sociología
K1 61 Psicología
AB This work examines whether the increase of single parenthood in Italy and Spain, specifically amongst women in an unfavourable socioeconomic position, has repercussions for child well-being, understood here as material deprivation. In particular, our main objective is to analyse the possible differential impact of single parenthood on children’s material deprivation in relation to mothers’ level of education. Using the 2014 EU-SILC Module on material deprivation, we identify five areas of child deprivation based on the EU-MODA approach: nutrition, clothing, education, leisure, and social life. In the case of Italy, our main results indicate that, compared to children from two-parent households, children of single mothers with a low level of education have a higher risk of nutrition and clothing deprivation. In Spain, living in a single-parent household is associated with a higher risk of deprivation in terms of social life for those children whose mothers do not have a high level of education. Therefore, the findings suggest that in both countries the growth of single parenthood amongst women with a lower educational level may have an impact on child well-being inequality. This article contributes empirical data to the growing literature on the rise of child poverty in Southern European countries.
PB Springer
SN 1874-897X
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/52828
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/52828
LA eng
NO Child Indicators Research, 2022.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 23-jun-2024