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Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Britain
This paper monitors poverty in Britain and critiques the government's response.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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2011
Life on a Low Income
This paper examines the nature and characteristics of the low-income lifestyle, and also looks at the impact of unemployment and poverty on family life and relationships.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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June 01, 1996
Lone Mothers, Employment, and Well-Being
This paper examines the causes of economic and material hardship for lone mothers in the UK.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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September 01, 1997
Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 1999
This paper summarizes the findings of a larger report on poverty and social exclusion in Britain.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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December 01, 1999
Poverty, Delinquency and Educational Attainment: Cumulative Disadvantage or Disadvantage Saturation
This paper examines two theories pertaining to the impact of delinquency on the educational attainment of poor and non-poor youth.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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April 14, 2003
Income Mobility and Exits from Poverty of American Children, 1970-1992
This paper examines child poverty rates during the 1970s and 1980s and looks at the extent to which children moved into and out of poverty during this period.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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August 1999
Gender Inequality in Poverty in Affluent Nations: The Role of Single Motherhood and the State
This paper discusses gender differences in poverty in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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January 05, 2000
Welfare Reform and Migration: Moving to Benefits; Moving From Restrictions
This report discusses the impact of state differentiated welfare reform policies on the migration patterns of American families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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December 2002
Before and After Welfare Reform: The Work and Well-Being of Low-Income Single Parent Families
This paper addresses the income, employment characteristics, financial status, and demographic trends in poor homes both before and after welfare reform.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for Women’s Policy Research
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June 01, 2003
Eradicating Child Poverty in Britain: Welfare Reform and Children since 1997
Child poverty has become a social concern in Great Britain due to the growth of single-parent homes, earning inequalities, and unemployment.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Institute For Fiscal Studies
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May 03, 2001
The Effect of Marriage on Child Poverty
This paper examines the economic outcomes of single-parent families and the growing levels of child poverty over the last several decades.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Heritage Foundation
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April 15, 2002
How Broken Families Rob Children of Their Chances for Future Prosperity
This paper discusses the economic benefits of marriage and the impact of family composition on children.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Heritage Foundation
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June 11, 1999
After-School Programs for Low-Income Children: Promise and Challenges
This article looks at the range of after-school programs available for low-income children and discusses the challenges faced by these programs in terms of finding adequate facilities, staffing, and financing.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Fall 1999
Successful Parenting in High-Risk Neighbourhoods
This article examines strategies used by inner-city African-American parents to protect their children from the risks of a disadvantaged environment and set them on the road to achievement and success.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Fall 1999
Values Underpinning Poverty Programs for Children
This article discusses the ways in which programs developed to address child poverty in the United States reflect the particular ideologies and values of Americans.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Summer/Fall 1997
Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Principles, Practice, and Lessons Learned
This article discusses initiatives intended to improve the lives of families in very poor neighbourhoods.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Summer/Fall 1997
Choosing Among Alternative Programs for Poor Children
This article suggests a framework for evaluating and comparing federal programs intended to help children living in poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Summer/Fall 1997
Programs that Mitigate the Effects of Poverty on Children
This article outlines and assesses six public assistance programs that seek to reduce the impact of poverty on children by ensuring that they have access to such basic essentials as food, education, housing, and health care.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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Summer/Fall 1997
Child Poverty Can Be Reduced
This article examines the effectiveness of various American policies designed to reduce child poverty by increasing the overall earnings of poor parents, providing supplements to their income, and offering them cash assistance.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Summer/Fall 1997
Why So Many Children Are Poor
Since children's economic status is generally dependent on that of their parents, this article looks at factors contributing to adult poverty in order to explain child poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Summer/Fall 1997
Low-Wage Maternal Employment and Outcomes for Children: A Study
This article reveals the results of national study to determine how children are affected by policies which put mothers who are on welfare into the workforce.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1997
Financial Impact of Divorce on Children and their Families
This article looks at the economic impact of divorce on families and finds that most women and children have to deal with considerable financial declines post- divorce.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1994
Teenage Childbearing
This paper looks at the increasing rates of teenage pregnancies in the US and explores the effect that this trend has on adolescent girls and their infants.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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1992
Demographic Change and the Life Circumstances of Immigrant Children
This article presents statistical information pertaining to the cultural, social, family, economic, and housing circumstances of various minority immigrant groups living in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Summer 2004
Economic and Labor Market Trends
This article examines changes in economic and labour market trends in the United States as they affect the well-being of low-income, immigrant working families and their children.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Future of Children
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Summer 2004
Marriage and Economic Well Being: The Economy of the Family Rises or Falls with Marriage
The study ties the continuance of marriage to improved economic circumstances including more wealth and less poverty for families, children, and society.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Family Research Council
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May 2011
Aboriginal education in Quebec: A benchmarking exercise
This article looks at what can be done to address the high drop-out rate among Aboriginal high-school students in Quebec.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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C.D. Howe Institute
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April 2011
The One Hundred Billion Dollar Man The Annual Public Costs of Father Absence
This study provides an estimate of taxpayer costs in the US, in support of homes in which the father is absent.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Fatherhood Initiative
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2008
Down but Not Out: Reforming Social Assistance Rules that Punish the Poor for Saving
This report addresses Canada's social assistance programs which requrie recipients to liquidate savings before qualifiying for benefits.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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C.D. Howe Institute
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March 2, 2010
Dynamic Benefits: Towards welfare that works
This executive summary provides highlights from a report on the rise of poverty and worklessness in the United Kingdom.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre for Social Justice
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2009
The Current State of Canadian Family Finances
This annual report examines family finances amid the economic recovery.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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February 2010
A Decade of Mixed Blessings: Urban and Suburban Poverty in Census 2000
This paper examines rates of urban and suburban poverty in the United States during the 1990s; a period of rapid economic growth and declining unemployment rates.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Brookings Institute
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August 2002
Wealth-Poor Households in the U.S.
This report examines the disadvantages faced by households with a net worth of less than $10 000, describes their characteristics, and seeks to understand what prevents these families from saving money and increasing their assets.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Consumer Federation of America
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May 13, 2002
Marriage and Government: Strange Bedfellows?
This paper discusses the role that government should play in promoting marriage.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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August 01, 2001
Ten Hypotheses about Socioeconomic Gradients and Community Differences in Children’s Developmental Outcomes
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and other sources, this paper studies the impact that family and community factors (such as number of siblings, and family cohesiveness), and social support have on an individual’s socioeconomic status.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Human Resources Development Canada
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February 01, 2003
One in Five...: Housing as a Factor in the Admission of Children to Care
This paper presents the findings of a study that examines the relationship between housing insecurity and the placement of children into care in Toronto.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre for Urban and Community Studies
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November 2001
Family Structure, Intergenerational Mobility, and the Reproduction of Poverty: Evidence for Increasing Polarization?
This paper looks at the extent to which the intergenerational transmission of poverty and family structure, along with differential fertility, affects historical trends in the distribution of poverty and single-parenthood.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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California Center for Population Research
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October 02, 2003
Recent Trends in the Inheritance of Poverty and Family Structure
This paper looks at the likelihood that daughters of poor single mothers will experience poverty and single-parenthood themselves.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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California Center for Population Research
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January 2004
Honouring our Promises: Meeting the Challenge to End Child and Family Poverty
This report demonstrates that although rates of child poverty in Canada are declining, many children are still growing up poor.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Campaign 2000
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2003
Child Poverty Persists: Time to Invest in Children and Families
This paper describes the continuing problem of child poverty in Ontario and makes recommendations that would eliminate child poverty, and ensure that all children have access to adequate resources and opportunities for success.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Campaign 2000
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2003
Family Security in Insecure Times: Tackling Canada's Social Deficit
This paper calls for the implementation of a comprehensive child benefit, national housing plan, and affordable child care to address the continuing problem of child poverty in Canada.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Campaign 2000
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November 01, 2001
Infant Mortality and Socioeconomic Status: New Bottle, Same Old Wine
This paper examines trends in the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status in metropolitan Ohio between the years 1960 and 2000.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Family and Demography Research
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May 2004
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Increase in Immigrant Child Poverty from 1970 to 2000
This paper examines the prevalence and determinants of poverty among the children of immigrants and non-immigrants in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Family and Demographic Research
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August 2002
Father Absence and Youth Incarceration
This study examines the effect of father absence on youths' risk of arrest and incarceration.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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March 01, 2004
Family Violence and Personal Safety: Women in Nova Scotia Part 3 of a Statistical Series
This paper examines spousal assault, violence, spousal homicide, and incidence of police reporting as well as women’s education, family life, paid and unpaid work, income and poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status on Women
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2001
Child Care in Poor Communities: Early Learning Effects of Type, Quality, and Stability
This report examines the effects of child care participation, quality, and stability on the cognitive outcomes for children in low-income communities.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Berkley University of California
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January/February 2004
Understanding and Improving Data Quality Relating to Low-Income Households
This paper evaluates the reliability of methods used to collect information about the income and expenditures of low-income families in Australia.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
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July 2003
The Growth of Jobless Households in Australia
This paper examines household and individual rates of unemployment in Australia in the 1990s.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
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May 2001
Fragile Families and Welfare Reform: An Introduction
This working paper assesses the effectiveness of welfare reforms in the United States by first considering four key areas of family life and income: the capabilities and resources of parents on welfare, the nature of parents' relationship, the involvement of fathers with their children and the nature of the local policy and labour markets.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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January 8, 2002
Household Responses to Individual Shocks: Disability and Labor Supply
This article examines the effects that individual shock like jobloss and disability have on the economic wellbeing of households.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network
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May 2009
The Effect of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Union Formation
This paper investigates the effect that changing child support enforcement and welfare benefit eligibility policies have on family formation.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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June 2002/October 2003
Poverty and Brain Development in Early Childhood
This paper demonstrates that poor children are at greater risk for improper brain development due to factors such as malnutrition, parental substance abuse, maternal depression, and poor quality care.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The National Center for Children in Poverty
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June 01, 1999
Public Attitudes Toward Low-Income Families and Children: Circumstances Dictate Public Views of Government Assistance
This report discusses recent research about public attitudes toward low-income families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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October 2003
Mothers’ Labor Supply in Fragile Families: The Role of Child Health
This paper examines the extent to which unwed mothers' ability to work is affected by poor child health.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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December 01, 2003
Child Support Distribution and Disbursement
This report reviews the changes to child support distribution that came as a result of the 1996 welfare reform laws in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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October 01, 2000
Low-Income Fathers and Child Support: Starting Off on the Right Track
This paper examines the importance of child support in single-parent families, major problems of the child support system, and ways in which state programs can improve the situation.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Policy Studies Inc.
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January 01, 2003
Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment
This study compares the outcomes of teenage mothers to those who became pregnant as teenagers, miscarried, and delayed childbearing until adulthood.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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August 1999
Science Says: The Relationship Between Teen Motherhood and Marriage
This paper provides statistical information pertaining to teen motherhood and marriage and discusses the outcomes and consequences of teenage childbearing for women and their children.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
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September 2004
Every Door Closed: Facts about Parents with Criminal Records
This series of fact sheets provides information about parents with criminal records, the many barriers they face in rebuilding their lives, the impact parental criminality has on children, and what can be done to help.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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2003
The Consequences of Child Maltreatment: A Reference Guide for Health Practitioners
This document discusses the problem of child maltreatment and the factors influencing it, such as family characteristics, the economic and living conditions, and the level of community support available.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Health Canada
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1998
Poverty, Parenting, Peers and Crime-Prone Neighbourhoods
This paper examines how parenting and peer relationships contribute to youth crime by acting as mediators between economic hardship and delinquency.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Australian Institute of Criminology
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April 01, 1998
Life Sentences: Denying Welfare Benefits to Women Convicted of Drug Offenses
This study discusses the policy of denying welfare benefits to women released from prison after incarceration for a drug offence, and examines the impact that this has on their families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Sentencing Project
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February 01, 2002
Comparing Parental Characteristics Regarding Child Neglect: An Analysis of Cases Retained by Child Protection Services in Quebec
This brief paper discusses the characteristics of neglected children and neglectful parents.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare
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May 2003
Family Poverty in Canada: Raising incomes and strengthening families
The purpose of this paper is to examine the recent history and impact of poverty on Canadian families, to identify which family groups are most at risk and to offer solutions which both reduce poverty and strengthen the family unit in this country.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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September 1, 2007
Breakdown Britain
This report examines the nature and extent of social breakdown and poverty in Britain.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Social Justice Policy Group
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December 2006
Breakthrough Britain: Economic Dependence and Worklessness (ie: Unemployment)
This continuation of the Breakthrough Britain series examines the situation in Britain with respect to unemployment (which the report calls worklessness) and unemployment benefits.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre for Social Justice
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July 2007
Events that Trigger Poverty Entries and Exits
This paper discusses factors contributing to entry into or exit out of poverty, including household composition and employment status.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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December 2002
Poverty in Canada: 2006 Update
Utilizing ‘basic needs poverty lines,’ this report indicates that poverty in Canada has been declining over the last 50 years and the lowest level in Canadian history.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Fraser Institute
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November 2006
Child Poverty Profile 1998
This report offers a statistical analysis of child poverty in Canada in 1998 as compared to previous years, and considers various factors associated with child poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Council of Welfare
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2000
Poverty and Child Well-Being in Canada and the United States: Does it Matter How We Measure Poverty?
This paper examines the ways in which different poverty measurement techniques affect our understanding of the scope and nature of child poverty and well-being in Canada and the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Human Resources Development Canada
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September 01, 2000
Breakdown Britain: Indebtedness
A 2006 State of the Nation report which studies the state of indebtedness of British society, examining levels of debt and how this debt affects low inome families and society at large.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Cente for Social Justice
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December 14, 2006
Grandmothers’ Involvement among Children and Adolescents Growing Up in Poverty
This paper studies grandmothers' involvement in raising and caring for grandchildren, and the effect of this type of non-parental care on children's social and cognitive development and behaviour.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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January 14, 2004
Low Income Cut-offs for 2007 and Low Income Measures for 2006
This publication explains how Statistics Canada calculates the Low Income Cut-off, and Low Income Measure.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Statistics Canada, Income Statistics Division
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June 2008
Low-income Children
This paper relies on data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics to evaluate the prevalence of child poverty in Canada.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Statistics Canada
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May 2008
The Hidden Migration: Why New York Shelters Are Overflowing With Families
This brief discusses the high numbers of families moving into homeless shelters in New York City.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Homes for the Homeless/Institute for Children and Poverty
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April 2002
Earnings of Black and White Youth and Their Relation to Poverty
This paper examines the relationship between family poverty and youth employment for black and white families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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August 01, 1997
Children of Immigrants: A Statistical Profile
This report discusses the economic hardships of immigrant children in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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September 2002
Geography of Low-Income Children and Families
This paper looks at the impact that geographic location has on the changing demographics of child poverty in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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November 01, 2003
Alberta's Children: Issues, Programs and Restructuring
This paper discusses child poverty levels in Alberta and evaluates the child tax, welfare, and protection services that the government has adopted to help low-income families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Canada West Foundation
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September 8, 1997
Breaking the Links Between Poverty and Violence Against Women
This paper explores the relationship between poverty and violence, and finds that violence keeps women in poverty and poverty, in turn, can trap women in violent situations.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Health Canada
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March 01, 1996
Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities
This paper discusses the importance of and challenges to promoting marriage in low-income communities, with a particular focus on the situation among urban African-Americans.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Resource Center on Couples and Marriage Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy
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2002
A Comparison of Rural and Urban Workers Living in Low-Income
This article compares the characteristics of the Canada’s urban and rural low-income families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Rural Secretariat, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agriculture Division of Statistics Canada
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January 2008
Growing up: School, Family and Area Influences on Adolescents’ Later Life Chances
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper explores how the relationship between school, family, and location influences adolescents’ development and their adult economic outcomes.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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September 01, 2001
Reducing Poverty: What has Worked, and What Should Come Next
This report suggests that Canada’s declining poverty rate and rising employment rate over the last decade have been assisted by positive policy initiatives.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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C.D. Howe Institute
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October 2007
Sexuality, Poverty, and the Inner City
This document contains two papers on poverty and sexuality in the inner-city and focuses on teenage sexual relationships and pregnancies, and the impact of increasing numbers of unwed mothers on the welfare system.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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1994
Sustaining Ontario’s Subsidized Housing by Supporting Non-Profit Organizations
This report examines the role of private non-profit organizations in supporting public housing in Toronto.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Canadian Policy Research Networks, Social Housing Services Corp., York University
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August 2007
Changes in Poverty Status and Developmental Behaviors: A Comparison of Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Children in Canada
Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, this study examines how immigrant and non-immigrant family pathways and child development (ages 4 to 11) are affected by family income.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Human Resources Development Canada
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August 01, 2000
The State of Religion and Public Life
This presenter rebuts many of the claims made against government funding for services run by faith-based organizations, such ...
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute
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May 21, 2002
The Well-Being of Single-Mother Families After Welfare Reform
This report examines the impact welfare changes had on single mothers in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Brookings Institution
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August 2005
Children At Risk: State Trends 1990-2000
This comprehensive report provides a state-by-state analysis of changes in child well-being from 1990-2000.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation
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August 01, 2002
Long-Term Poverty and Child Development in the United States: Results from the NLSY
This report looks at the association between long-term poverty and developmental deficits among children.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1994
The Changing Face of Child Poverty in California
This report provides a picture of the particular nature of child poverty in California.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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August 01, 2002
Trailing the Class: Sole Parent Families and Educational Disadvantage
This paper explores the relationship between lower levels of academic achievement and family structure.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre for Independent Studies
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June 26, 2000
Schooling, the Hidden Curriculum, and Children’s Conceptions of Poverty
This article discusses the rising income inequality in the United States and argues that the education system teaches children the dominant societal belief that the poor are responsible for their own situation.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Society for Research in Child Development
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1997
Five Million Children: 1992 Update
This report is the second in a series of annual reports on child poverty in the United States and discusses the relationship between child poverty and geographic location, ethnicity, family structure, parental income, and parental education.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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1992
Trends in Family and Household Poverty
While studies have shown single-parent homes to be a primary cause of poverty in the rest of the nation, this is not the case for California which now has one of the highest percentages of poor married families in the country.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Public Policy Institute of California
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May 01, 2000
Who Are “Fragile Families” and What Do We Know About Them?
This paper summarizes the findings of the first national study of unmarried parents, including information on their living conditions, financial security, and how they relate to one another.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre for Law And Social Policy
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January 01, 2004
Depression, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence
This paper summarizes research on the occurrence of depression, domestic violence, and substance abuse among low-income women and the effects these factors have on women and their children.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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June 2004
Promoting Resilience: Helping Young Children and Parents Affected by Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Depression in the Context of Welfare Reform
This paper explores how unemployed parents are impacted by domestic violence, substance abuse, and/or mental illness on young children in the home.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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February 2000
Why Marriage Matters: 21 Conclusions From the Social Sciences
This paper discusses the economic, educational, psychological, health-related, and developmental benefits of marriage and the negative consequences of divorce.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre of the American Experiment
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2002
Why Congress Should Ignore Radical Feminist Opposition To Marriage
This article provides a historical review of feminism, as well as relevant research on marriage and family, ...
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Heritage Foundation
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June 16, 2003
Literature Review: Poverty, Homelessness and Teenage Pregnancy
This literature review examines causes and issues pertaining to poverty and pregnancy among teenaged women.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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First Steps Housing Project Inc.
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February 2006
Perspectives on Social Justice in New Zealand: A report for the Maxim Institute on the social justice internet survey
Using data from an internet survey, this report examines the diverse public views regarding social justice.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Maxim Institute
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November 2006
Making Ends Meet: Six Programs that Help Working Families and Employers
This paper reviews six programs intended to support working families: the Earned Income Tax Credit, food stamps, child care, health care, child support, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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June 01, 2002
Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities
This paper examines characteristics of the poor and looks at how these factors are influencing the declining marriage rate of low income couples.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center on Law and Social Policy
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2002
Effects of Neighbourhood, Family, and Child Behavior on Childhood Injury in Canada
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this study examines (1) how the relationship between family function and child injuries are mediated by parent and child behaviour, (2) whether family economic status or neighbourhood disadvantage are more strongly related to child injury, and (3) the developed model’s ability to predict child injury in two years.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Human Resources Development Canada
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March 01, 2001
Child Well-Being and the Intergenerational Effects of Undocumented Immigrant Status
This paper discusses the health deficits experienced by children whose parents are illegal immigrants.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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June 01, 2000
A Reconceptualization of the Effects of Undernutrition on Children’s Biological, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Development
This report provides four articles on the effects of undernutrition on various aspects of children's development in various countries around the world.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Society for Research in Child Development
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1996
One out of Every Five: Teenage Motherhood and Subsequent Childbearing
This paper looks at the factors that influence subsequent childbearing among teenagers and examines the impact that this has on both the mother and the children.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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August 01, 1998
Healthy Baby, Healthy Marriage? The Effect of Children’s Health on Divorce
This paper demonstrates that American children with low birthweight are more likely to experience parental divorce than children with a normal birthweight.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Center for Health and Wellbeing
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November 11, 2003
Work and Benefit Dependency Since 1997
This paper evaluates the impact of New Labour’s economic policies on employment rates, social security benefits and economic well-being in the UK from 1997 to 2005.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Civitas: the Institute for the Study of Civil Society
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April 2005
Hunger in America 2006
Relying on survey information, this report measures food insecurity among Americans in 2005, focusing on which groups of people were in need and how charitable agencies and governments addressed the problem of domestic hunger.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network
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February 2006
Public Assistance Use Among Two-Parent Families: An Analysis of TANF and Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation
This study, commissioned by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Mathematica Policy Research Inc.
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January 2005
Widowhood: Consequences on Income for Senior Women
Using data from the Longitudinal Administrative Databank, this article examines the impact widowhood has on income.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Statistics Canada
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July 2004
Towards A New Architecture for Canada's Adult Benefits
This paper traces the development of Canada’s social security system, critiques the current system and offers suggestions for how that system could be improved.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Caledon Institute of Social Policy
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June 2006
The Current State of Canadian Family Finances 2005 Report
This paper gives an overview of the average financial situation of Canadian families in 2005 and discusses the related areas of debt, interest rates, income, saving, spending and poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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February 2006
Growing up in North America: Child Well-Being in Canada, the United States, and Mexico
This analysis of child well-being seeks to determine how local, national and tri-national factors influence children growing up in North America.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation
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May 5, 2006
Marriage In America: A Report to the Nation
This paper explores the state of marriage in th US and finds that it is rapidly deteriorating and, as a result, children are suffering.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for American Values
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1995
The Effects of Divorce on America
This Heritage Backgrounder provides a brief overview of the cost of divorce for children and makes recommendations on how to strengthen marriage.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Heritage Foundation
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June 05, 2000
Selected Statistics on Canadian Families and Family Law
This paper contains information on families in Canada, characteristics of those families, and information on family law topics such as marriage, divorce, support awards, payment of child support, and custody and access.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Department of Justice Canada
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2000
The Divorced and Who Divorces?
This paper looks at the background and characteristics of the divorced population in Britain in order to better understand the breakdown of marriage.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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May 1998
The Effects of Marriage on Child Poverty
This paper examines the relationship between the increased number of single-parent homes and the levels of child poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Heritage Foundation
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April 15, 2002
The Role of Parents in Children's Psychological Development
This article discusses three ways that parents affect their children's psychological development: direct interaction, emotional identification, and transmission of family stories.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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American Academy of Pediatrics
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July 1999
Economic and Social Perspectives of Immigrant Children in Germany
This paper examines immigrant and native-born children's differential experiences of household economic hardship and poverty in Germany.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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June 2001
Child Poverty and Changes in Child Poverty in Rich Countries Since 1990
This paper examines prevalence and changes in child poverty in 12 OECD countries in the last decade of the twentieth century, with a focus on the factors causing these changes.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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April 2005
Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty in the Rich Countries
This paper discusses issues and challenges in the measurement of poverty, assesses poverty levels and changes in OECD countries in the 1990s, and offers suggestions for the formulation of reasonable goals for the elimination of child poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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Apriil 2005
Dimensions of Poverty in Post-Apartheid South Africa 1996-2001: A Poverty Status Report
This document explores the measurement, incidence, and dynamics of poverty in South Africa.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town
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July 2004
Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa
This report examines post-apartheid income mobility among black South Africans in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Institute for the Study of Labour
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February 2004
Education Subsidies and School Drop-out Rates
This paper examines whether providing needs-based financial grants to secondary students helps to reduce drop-out rates in England.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies
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June 2005
Food Security and Hunger in Poor, Mother-Headed Families in Four U.S. Cities
This report provides the results of a study which examined food insecurity in welfare-dependent and formerly welfare-dependent mother-headed households in economically disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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MDRC
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May 2000
Is Work Enough? The Experiences of Current and Former Welfare Mothers Who Work
This report describes the experiences of economically disadvantaged, urban women who transitioned from welfare to work.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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MDRC
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November 2001
The Effect On Wisconsin’s Medicaid-Supported Birth Cost Recovery Policy
This report describes a Wisconsin program designed to help unwed mothers recover some of the costs of birth from the father of their child.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly known as the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy)
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June 2004
Young Women Work: Community Economic Development to Reduce Women’s Poverty and Improve Income
This paper describes the challenges and opportunities for young, disadvantaged women in the Canadian economy and outlines approaches to preventing poverty among women aged 15 to 24.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence
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February 2005
Parents Under Pressure
This reports presents statistical information about Irish families and offers data demonstrating that many families face significant social and economic hardship.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The National Children's Resource Centre, Barnardos
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2002
Measures of Material Hardship: Final Report
This report provides a synthesis of existing research on the definition and measurement of material hardship in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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April 2004
Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Final Report
This report describes the employment outcomes of youth who left foster care after their eighteenth birthday in California, Illinois, and South Carolina in the 1990s.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Human Services Policy, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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March 2002
Out of the Basement: Who Would Benefit From a Minimum Wage Increase in Ohio?
This report compares the minimum wage in Ohio to that in other states, discusses the economic status of minimum wage earners, and describes proposed legislation that would increase the minimum wage in that state.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Policy Matters Ohio
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April 2005
The Current State of Canadian Family Finances – 2004 Report
This paper gives an overview of the average financial situation of Canadian families in 2004 and discusses the related areas of employment earnings, income, spending, investments, poverty, and debt.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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January 2005
Low-Income Families in Massachusetts: Results from the Family Resource Simulator
This report presents the results of a study that used a web-based tool to calculate the economic well-being of hypothetical low-income families in Massachusetts.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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September 2004
Low-Income Families in Delaware: Results from the Family Resource Simulator
This report presents the results of a study that used a web-based tool to calculate the economic well-being of hypothetical low-income families in Delaware.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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November 2004
Parental Employment in Low-Income Families
This report provides an update from January 2004 on the number of children living in poverty in the United States and the characteristics of these children and their families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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December 2004
Low-Income Families in Alabama: Results from the Family Resource Simulator
This report presents the results of a study that used a web-based tool to calculate the economic well-being of hypothetical low-income families in Alabama.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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January 2005
Low-Income Families in the District of Columbia: Results from the Family Resource Simulator
This report presents the results of a study that used a web-based tool to calculate the economic well-being of hypothetical low-income families in the District of Columbia.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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February 2005
Childcare, Mothers’ Work, and Earnings: Findings from the Urban Slums of Guatemala City
This study examines the effect of child care availability and cost on the employment decisions and earnings of women in the slums of Guatemala City.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Population Council
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2002
Routes out of Poverty: A Research Review
This review of existing research examines the dynamics of poverty in the United Kingdom, with an emphasis on pathways leading into and out of poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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2004
Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Scotland 2004
This report provides statistical information pertaining to 40 indicators of poverty and social exclusion in Scotland, grouped into four main categories: poverty and low income, work and education, ill health, and quality of life and social cohesion.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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New Policy Institute and The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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2004
Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2004
This report provides statistics on the economic and social well-being of British children, young adults, adults, and older people.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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New Policy Institute and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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December 2004
Poor Transitions: Social Exclusion and Young Adults
This report examines the life situation and well-being of young people from one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Britain during their transition into adulthood.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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December 2004
Neighborhoods, Poverty, and Children's Well-being: A Review
This paper discusses the problem of residential segregation and examines the ways in which neighbourhoods affect children's development and opportunities for success.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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RAND
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February 2003
Child Poverty in Canada: Recasting the Issue
This presentation goes beyond addressing the minimal survival needs of the child and focuses on how life chances can be equalized for all children alike.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Canadian Council on Social Development
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April 01, 1998
The National Child Benefit Progress Report: 2002
This paper looks at the aims and accomplishments of the national child benefit program.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Government of Canada
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July 01, 2003
Are the Kids All Right? Intergenerational Mobility and Child Well-being in Canada
This paper examines the influence of parental income on their children's future income.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Statistics Canada
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October 01, 2001
Living at the Edge: Low Income and the Dvelopment of America's Kindergartners
This report examines a study of kindergarteners and compares the development of low-income children with their more privileged peers.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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November 2003
Caring Prescriptions: Comprehensive Health Care Strategies for Young Children in Poverty
This report discusses the need for improved health care strategies for children living in poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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January 1993
Poverty Experience of Older Persons: A Poverty Study from a Long-Term Perspective
This study examines the likelihood of poverty entry and exit by older individuals.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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AARP Public Policy Insitute
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March 2003
Income and Poverty in the United States in 1995: A Chartbook
This document provides a number of charts relating to poverty and income distribution in the US with a focus on the economic situations of the older members of the population.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Public Policy Institute, AARP
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April 1998
Continuity and Change in Pathways to Young Adult Disadvantage: Results from a British Birth Cohort
In this paper, childhood and adolescent precursors to adult disadvantage are studied in order to determine whether or not childhood experiences affect educational, financial, social, and employment-related outcomes later in life.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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April 2003
Widow Poverty and Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditures at the End of Life
This paper demonstrates that elderly widows and widowers have significantly higher rates of poverty than elderly married couples.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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California Center for Population Research
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October 2001
Cohabitation and the Measurement of Child Poverty
This paper looks at the effect that treating cohabiting couples like married couples would have on estimates of child poverty in the 1990 US Census.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Population Studies Center
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June 1998
Wealth Dynamics in the 1980s and 1990s: Sweden and the U.S.
This paper compares wealth inequality and income mobility in the United States and Sweden.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Population Studies Center
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October 26-27, 2000
After Welfare Reform and an Economic Boom: Why is Child Poverty Still So Much Higher in the U.S. Than in Europe?
This paper discusses the post-1996 welfare reforms in the United States and their impact on child poverty levels.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Population Studies Center
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June 2002
What Has Welfare Reform Accomplished? Impacts on Welfare Participation, Employment, Income, Poverty, and Family Structure
This comprehensive study of the effects of welfare reform in the United States finds that these reforms contributed to reduced welfare reliance, increased family income, and decreased poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Population Studies Center
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December 2003
Spouses or Babies? Race, Poverty, and Pathways to Family Formation
This paper looks at racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of non-marital childbearing as a pathway to family formation.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Population Research Center
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March 1994
Sexual Intercourse and Pregnancy Among African-American Adolescent Girls in High Poverty Neighbourhoods: The Role of Family and Community Factors
This study of adolescent girls in high risk neighbourhoods examines factors that either protect them from or put them at risk for early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Population Research Center
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1997
The Changing Health Status of Canada’s Children
This article examines changes in Canada's infant and child mortality rate in the twentieth century.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Isuma
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Autumn 2000
Family Income and Child Well Being
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey on Youth, this paper examines the occurences of child poverty in Canada and focuses on two questions 1) What if producing healthy children was the main objective of anti-poverty efforts? and 2) What should governments-and other partners- be doing to foster healthy child development?
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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ISUMA
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Autumn 2000
Paving the Way to Postsecondary Education: K-12 Intervention Programs for Underrepresented Youth
This report discusses the barriers faced by children from poor and ethnic minority families in pursuing postsecondary education, and highlights some programs designed to combat this disadvantage.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Education Statistics
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September 2001
The Social Context of Education
This paper examines of effect of factors such as family structure, family income, English language proficiency, and parental education on students' educational access and achievement.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Education Statistics
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July 1997
Financial Disadvantage in Australia 1990 to 2000: The Persistence of Poverty in a Decade of Growth
This paper examines trends in poverty in Australia in the 1990s, with an analysis of differences based on age, gender, employment status, educational attainment, housing tenure, geographic location and family type.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Smith Family, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling
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2001
The Public and Private Costs of Children in Australia
This paper discusses the cost of children to both Australian families and to the government.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling
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April 2000
How Money Matters for Young Children's Development: Parental Investement and Family Processes
This article discusses the effect of family income on child development, achievement, and behaviour.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Child Development
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November 2002
Hardship Among Children of Immigrants: Findings from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families
This paper examines the extent of income, food, housing, and health care related hardship for immigrant families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Urban Institute
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February 2001
Abstract
This paper gives an overview of the average financial situation of Canadian families and discusses related areas of employment earnings, income, spending, investments, poverty, and debt.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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2002
Extending Health Care Coverage to the Low-Income Population: The Influence of the Wisconsin BadgerCare Program on Labor Market Outcomes
This paper examines the effects of expanded eligibility for public health care insurance on the employment and earnings of low-income single mothers in Wisconsin.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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March 2005
At the Lower End of the Table: Determinants of Poverty among Immigrants to Denmark and Sweden
This paper examines the relative poverty levels of immigrants and native-born citizens in Denmark and Sweden.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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April 2005
A Decade of Decline: Poverty and Income Inequality in the City of Toronto in the 1990s
This report looks at changes in household income, the poverty rate, the depth of poverty, income equality between the wealthy and the poor, and Toronto’s geographic concentration of poverty in the 1990s.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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United Way of Greater Toronto, Canadian Council on Social Development
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January 2002
Measuring Poverty in Canada: Part One
This paper, the first part of a study of poverty levels in Canada, addresses problems with the techniques used to measure poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Fraser Institute
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July 2001
The "War on Poverty" after 40 Years: A Minskyan Assessment
This article discuss the efforts to battle poverty over the past 40 years.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Levy Economics Institute
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April 2004
Reducing Poverty among Older Women: The Potential of Retirement Income Policies
This paper discusses the ways in which retirement income policies, particularly public pension programs, could be used to reduce poverty levels among older women.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Status of Women Canada
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August 2000
Low Income (Poverty) Dynamics in Canada: Entry, Exit, Spell Durations and Total Time
Using the Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD), this paper attempts to understand “the nature of the hardship associated with the poverty experience” by examining whether poverty is a brief experience or a long-term experience.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Human Resources Development Canada
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June 2000
Persistent Pockets of Extreme American Poverty: People or Place Based?
This paper addresses the question of whether pockets of extreme regional poverty are the result of the characteristics of the location or of its inhabitants.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Rural Poverty Research Center
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January 2005
Filling the Poverty Gap, Then and Now
This paper examines the extent to which, over time, public transfers and government assistance have enabled American families to avoid poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
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September 2003
Local Social and Economic Conditions, Spatial Concentrations of Poverty, and Poverty Dynamics
This paper explores the geography of poverty and poverty change in the United States and examines the contributions of local job growth, social capital, and initial poverty levels to changing rates of poverty in different areas.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Rural Poverty Research Center
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August 2004
The Impact of Welfare Programs on Poverty Rates: Evidence from the American States
This paper examines the relationship between welfare receipt and poverty by analysing welfare's work disincentive and income enhancement effects.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
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2003
Incarceration and Invisible Inequality
In this paper, the author argues that rising incarceration rates in the United States contribute to inaccurate portrayals of the relative economic well-being of black and white people.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Russell Sage Foundation
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May 2004
Money and Morale: What Growing Inequality Is Doing to Americans’ Views of Themselves and Others
This paper provides evidence of growing income inequality in the United States and presents findings which suggest that economic status influences subjective well-being and life satisfaction.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Survey Research Center
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November 2002
Persistent Poverty Across the Rural-Urban Continuum
This study examines the distribution of persistent poverty in the United States and concludes that it is overwhelmingly concentrated in rural areas.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Rural Poverty Research Center
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July 2003
Policy Intervention and Poverty in Rural America
This paper examines the relationship between welfare reform, employment growth, and poverty rates at the county level in the United States from 1989 to 1999.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Rural Poverty Research Center
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August 2004
Poverty and Economic Polarization among America's Minority and Immigrant Children
This paper examines changes in child poverty and economic inequality among racial minorities and immigrants in the 1990s.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Poverty Center
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May 18, 2005
Poverty and Macroeconomic Performance Across Space, Race, and Family Structure
This paper examines the effects of welfare reform and the economy on family poverty in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
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January 2003
Welfare Incomes 2002
This report looks at welfare rates in each Canadian province and territory and provides estimates of income for different types of households.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada
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Spring 2003
Creating Opportunities For The Poor
This public policy review contains several articles relating to approaches to helping the poor and reducing poverty in Canada.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Fraser Institute
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October 2001
Hardship and Australian Families
This paper measures and evaluates the economic hardship of Australian families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Australian Institute of Family Studies
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February 12-14, 2003
The Gender Gap in Poverty in Modern Nations: Single Motherhood, the Market, and the State
This paper examines gender gaps in poverty in several westernized nations and discusses the ways in which single motherhood, earnings inequalities, and the welfare state affect this gap.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The University of California Press
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2002
Affordable Credit: The Way Forward
This report addresses the issue of credit use and heavy credit debt among low-income families and individuals.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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2005
Why is U.S. Poverty Higher in Nonmetropolitan than Metropolitan Areas? Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
This paper explores the unequal distribution of poverty between urban and rural areas in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Rural Poverty Research Center
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May 2005
Improving the Life Chances of Children in Poverty: Assumptions and What We Have Learned
This report discusses the assumptions relating to child development that underly most child poverty intervention programs.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Society for Research in Child Development
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1998
Families: Victims of Poverty and Homelessness
This paper discusses the many social and economic pressures experienced by families around the world, including: poverty, malnutrition and restricted access to basic education.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development
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November 29, 1999
Youth Substance Use and Family Income
This report discusses the relationship between family income and substance abuse among youth.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
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December 24, 2004
Young Child Poverty in the States - Wide Variation and Significant Change
This report describes child poverty levels and trends in states across the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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July 1998
Where Do Children in Low-Income Families Live?
This report discusses the geographical changes of low-income families in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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November 2003
Policies Affecting New York City's Low-Income Families
This report discusses some of the welfare policy and program changes in New York City.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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October 2001
Patterns and Growth of Child Care Voucher Use by Families Connected to Cash Assistance in Illinois and Maryland
This paper examines families in Illinois and Maryland who are or were previously receiving cash assistance.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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May 1999
Low-Income Families in Pennsylvania: Results from the Family Resource Simulator
This report uses the Family Resource Simulator to discuss the financial difficulties faced by low-income families in Pennsylvania.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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June 2004
Homing in on the Core: Households Incomes, Income Sources and Geography in South Africa
This study analyses income generation among households in South Africa previously experiencing poverty and assesses the extent to which poverty is associated with household workers' and dependents' integration into the core economy.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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Development Policy Research Unit
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December 2004
Low-Income Families in Georgia: Results from the Family Resource Simulator
This report uses the Family Resource Simulator to discuss the financial difficulties faced by low-income families in Georgia.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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May 2004
Low-Income Families in Connecticut: Results from the Family Resource Simulator
This report uses the Family Resource Simulator to discuss the financial difficulties faced by low-income families in Connecticut.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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February 2004
Young Children in Poverty: A Statistical Update
This report discusses statistical updates since the 1990 report Five Million Children: A Statistical Profile of Our Poorest Young Citizens.
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Category:
Family Economics > Poverty
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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1994
Continuity and Stability: Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use in Or
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