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to preliminary and basic research hypotheses. More exact
information is needed on the nature of the relationships
these children have with other children, both parents,
friends, relatives, and educational institutions, and on the
degree to which differences are caused by or are the result
of different kinds of emotional and financial support
networks. What do these children do inside and outside the
households? To what degree and in what areas are they
different from children who grow up in "intact" homes? Are
they overburdened with responsibilities and what are the
long-term conseguences for these children? Do these children
develop in stronger manners than children in intact homes?
These children are living in households where time
allocations are affected by the basic fact of having only
one custodial parent. Research is needed that will address
the following issues: the relationship between support net-
works and time-consuming restraints; who is more important to
the family in terms of time- the relatives or friends? In
what areas of support are they important? This would mean
research hypotheses that tell us the amount of time spent on
child-rearing tasks and job responsibilities, plus any strain
between the two; how much time do single parents allocate to
their own needs and what are those needs? How much time do
the absent fathers spend with their children? How much time
does the absent father spend in what areas of child-care?
How do time allocation constraints affect job motivation and
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Maldonado, Alfred C. Sources of Support and Parental Performances a Descriptive Study of Mexican-American Female Single Parents, dissertation, August 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331344/m1/88/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .