Children in Single-Parent Families Living in Poverty Have Fewer Supports after Welfare Reform. IWPR Research in Brief.

Autor/inn/en	Lyter, Deanna M.; Sills, Melissa; Oh, Gi-Taik
Institution	Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, DC.
Titel	Children in Single-Parent Families Living in Poverty Have Fewer Supports after Welfare Reform. IWPR Research in Brief.
Quelle	(2002), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Childhood Needs; Children; Family Income; Family (Sociological Unit); Health Insurance; One Parent Family; Poverty; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform; Welfare Services; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Childhood; needs; Kindheit; Bedürfnis; Child; Kind; Kinder; Familieneinkommen; Familie; Krankenversicherung; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Armut; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Since the 1996 passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (welfare reform), impoverished children in single-parent families receive less aid than under the previous system, and the most disadvantaged of these children have slipped deeper into poverty. This research brief summarizes a study that explored the economic well-being of children in low-income single-parent families since welfare reform. Specifically, the brief examines how family income and access to health insurance, food stamps, and cash assistance changed for children in low-income single-parent families between 1996 and 2000. While child poverty has improved overall (the share of low-income children living in poverty has fallen), children in poor single-parent families in 2000 are less likely to receive cash assistance, Medicaid, and food stamps. Even the most disadvantaged children--those living in extreme poverty, defined as below half the poverty line--are less likely to receive benefits now than previously. (Author/HTH)
Anmerkungen	Institute for Women's Policy Research, 1707 L Street, N.W., Suite 750, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-785-5100; Fax: 202-833-4362; e-mail: iwpr@iwpr.org; Web site: http://www.iwpr.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC