Journal article : Comment
Premature mortality in single fathers
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Single parenthood has become increasingly prevalent in many countries, with a 19% increase in the number of single parent families in the UK between 1996 and 2016. Single mothers are still much more common than single fathers, but in some places there has been a significant increase in the numbers of single fathers. In the USA, for example, 8% of households with children were headed up by a single father in 2011 compared to only 1% in 1960.2 Taking on a role as single carer for children could...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30028-8
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Lancet Public Health Journal website
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- e101-e102
- Publication date:
- 2018-02-15
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-02-05
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2468-2667
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- Comment
- Pubs id:
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pubs:844215
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- pubs:844215
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844215
- Deposit date:
- 2018-04-25
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- Copyright holder:
- Simpson and Floud
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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