Escape from Poverty: What Makes a Difference for Children?

Sonst. Personen	Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay (Hrsg.); Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne (Hrsg.)
Titel	Escape from Poverty: What Makes a Difference for Children?
Quelle	(1995), (326 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-521-44521-3
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Child Support; Childhood Attitudes; Children; Day Care; Day Care Centers; Disadvantaged; Economic Factors; Economically Disadvantaged; Employed Parents; Employed Women; Fathers; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Health Needs; Health Programs; Incidence; Individual Development; Intergenerational Programs; Legal Responsibility; Low Income; Low Income Groups; Minority Groups; Mothers; One Parent Family; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Responsibility; Parent Role; Policy; Poverty; Poverty Programs; Research Needs; Social Change; Social Environment; Surveys; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform; Welfare Services; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Tagespflege; Day care centres; Hort; Ökonomischer Faktor; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Krankenversicherung; Vorkommen; Individuelle Entwicklung; Strafmündigkeit; Niedriglohn; Ethnische Minderheit; Mother; Mutter; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Politik; Armut; Armenfürsorge; Forschungsbedarf; Sozialer Wandel; Soziales Umfeld; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Children's poverty rate in the United States, over 20%, exceeds that of all industrialized nations except Australia. This interdisciplinary book examines the impact of changing public policies on children. Section 1 gives a current and historical overview of children in poverty. Sections 2 through 5 address arenas of possible change from policy and research perspectives, maternal employment, child care, fathers' involvement, and health care access. Section 6 considers future policy and research directions. The chapters are: (1) "Whose Responsibility? An Historical Analysis of the Changing Roles of Mothers, Fathers, and Society" (P. L. Chase-Lansdale, M. A. Vinovskis); (2) "The Life Circumstances and Development of Children in Welfare Families: A Profile Based on National Survey Data" (N. Zill and others); (3) "Welfare-to-Work Through the Eyes of Children" (J. B. Wilson and others); (4) "Strategies for Altering the Outcomes of Poor Children and Their Families" (J. Brooks-Gunn); (5) "Policy Issues of Child Care" (A. J. Cherlin); (6) "Child Care and Children of Color" (M. B. Spencer and Others); (7) "Health Policy in the Family Support Act of 1988" (K.S. Lobach); (8) "Economic Issues of Health Care" (B. L. Wolfe); (9) "Dealing with Dads: The Changing Roles of Fathers" (F. F. Furstenberg, Jr.); (10) "The Effects of Child Support Reform on Child Well-Being" (I. Garfinkel, S. McLanahan); (11) "Losing Ground or Moving Ahead? Welfare Reform and Children" (R. Haskins); (12) "National Surveys as Data Resources for Public Policy Research on Poor Children" (N. Zill); (13)"An Interdisciplinary Model and Data Requirements for Studying Poor Children" (T. M. Smeeding); and (14) "Two-Generation Programs: A New Intervention Strategy and Directions for Future Research" (S. Smith). (KDFB)
Anmerkungen	Cambridge University Press, 110 Midland Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573-4930 ($49.95).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC