course development, especially in industrialised societies. One hypothesis which could
explain such findings is that parental investment is likely to be diluted in families without both
natural parents. Most empirical studies have examined the influence of only one type of
family disruption or composition (eg father absence) making it difficult to simultaneously
compare the effects of different kinds of family structure on children's future outcomes. Here …
Childhood family structure has been shown to play an important role in shaping a child's life
course development, especially in industrialised societies. One hypothesis which could
explain such findings is that parental investment is likely to be diluted in families without both
natural parents. Most empirical studies have examined the influence of only one type of
family disruption or composition (eg father absence) making it difficult to simultaneously
compare the effects of different kinds of family structure on children's future outcomes. Here …