Single Mothers In America

Random Statistics
9.5 million American families are headed by
single mothers ( U.S. Bureau of the Census,2000)
1 in 3 girls will get pregnant before the age
of twenty years old. ( 4 parents.gov )
In 2002 there were over 750,000 teen
pregnancies. ( 4 parents.gov )

What the Researchers Looked At

Marital Status
Education
Western Healing Approaches
Traditional Indigenous Healing Approaches

Marital Status
What the researchers found:
Married Mothers have more education, more income, and better mental health
(Afifi et al.,2006).
They also have the least amount of depressive symptoms (DeKlyen et al.,2006 ).
Separated/divorced mothers have the worst mental health ( Afifi et al., 2006 )
Non romantic single mothers have the most depressive symptoms ( DeKlyen et al.,
2006 )
Single mothers have a better parent-child relationship quality than married parents
but single mothers do not deal as well with their adult children psychological
problems (Greefield & Marks,2006 ).
Married teens have less depressive symptoms (Kalil & Kunz,2002 ) whereas
unmarried teen mothers have lower education, are younger, have fewer kids, less
income and can benefit from family support ( Turner, 1992 ).

Education
What Researchers Found:
Single mothers have a lower education which adds to their stress
(Afifi et al.,2006; & Turner, 2006 ).
Low income due to lack of education and experience ( DeKlyen et
al., 2006 ).
Lower GPAs and more likely to fail classes ( Holden et al., 1993 ).

Western Healing Approaches VS. Traditional

Indigenous Healing Approaches
Western Healing Approaches
Healing Approaches

VS.

Traditional

Orthodox

Complementary

Allopathic

Alternative

Scientific
Medicine

Spiritual

Official

Energetic

Western medicine is based on science

Holistic
Traditional

healing is based on spirituality

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Systems That Learn, Bradford Book, The MIT Press.
Tucson (2002) Towards a Science of Consciousness:
Conference Research Abstracts, Tucson, Arizona, April 812, Journal of Consciousness Studies.