Abstract
The author critically reviews various hypotheses that have been put forward in order to explain the rise in the number of female-headed single-parent families among both blacks and whites in the United States. Specifically, regression of time series data is used to examine the relative effects of welfare benefits, male and female employment rates, and changing social values.
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