Sentences with phrase «amongst younger mothers»

As suggested above, lone parenthood is more common amongst younger mothers than older mothers, and is thus associated with similar socio - economic characteristics.

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The children of young parents — who tend to be amongst the most disadvantaged — may benefit particularly from a positive relationship with their father: «When young men do not take on the responsibilities of fatherhood, it has serious consequences for the child's development, the mother's resources and consequent social costs» (ESRC 2002).

Exceptions included a 10 - week music therapy course offered to adolescent mothers in Dublin Ireland (Cunningham, 2011); a 10 - week music therapy program offered to disadvantaged parents that included some young mothers in Australia (Nicholson, Berthelsen, Abad, Williams, & Bradley, 2008), a 12 - week program for Icelandic young mothers (Gudmundsdottir & Gudmundsdottir, 2010); and an 8 - week program for 115 adolescent mothers in 11 Canadian communities was developed by McDonald et al. (2009), which included singing amongst other activities.

However, it is clear that knowledge is lower amongst some groups including parents with lower educational qualifications, younger mothers, those from minority ethnic backgrounds, and those living in more deprived areas.