Sociological Issue for Specific Neighborhood Literature Review

Sociological Issue for Specific Neighborhood

Single Parent Sociological Issues in San Leandro

San Leandro is a small city located in Alameda County. It is one of the major cities in the state of California and has the largest number of white residents as compared to other cities in the state. Despite having a majority of white people, San Leandro has a multi-racial culture attached to it. According the 2010 census, the city has a population of around eighty four thousand nine hundred and fifty, which consists of over 25,000 Asians, 642 Pacific Islanders, 23,237 Latinos and about 16,050 people of other races. One of the sociological issues in the city is increasing number of single female householders who have children, otherwise known as single parents. My literature review will shed light on this issue by highlighting what issues are faced by single parents. We will also take a look at statistics from our literature study.

Statistical Demographics Analysis of single mothers with children

There is a notable presence of single female householders with children in the city of San Leandro. According to household distribution statistics survey in 2009, single parent households constitute twenty-nine percent of all households in the U.S., of which single mother households with children constitute twenty-four percent. This trend faced rapid growth during the 1970s and 1980s.Since the 1990s, the share of single-mother families has remained stable instead of declining. Our studies also state that twenty-four percent of the seventy-five million children in the United States live in a single-mother family (Mather, 2010, pg. 2).

Another study shows that the major reason for the existence and emergence of single-mother families is marital failures (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development., 1990, p. 30).

Resource challenges faced by single mothers

Approximately, seven children out of ten in a single-mother family are faced with poverty and lack of rights and education. This is attributed to the fact that single-mothers face economical and financial challenges to support their children. According to the study, the most affected race is African-Americans, with poverty rates as high as sixty-six percent (Mather, 2010, pg. 2).

In San Leandro, there seems to be an equal distribution of resources for both males and females. Even though males earn slightly more than the females, statistics indicate that they face a tough time earning higher wages by working in services and construction industry.

I believe single-mothers should be allowed at least equal or more resources like education, professional training, child care and wages. This will greatly help their children's transitions into adults. It should also be noted that there.....