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Lichter, Daniel T.; Jensen, Leif – Rural America, 2001
Rural poverty among female-headed families with children has declined since 1996 welfare reforms. Moreover, the income of female-headed families has increased, while income from earnings has more than offset declines in public assistance income. Rural single mothers nevertheless continue to experience higher poverty rates than their urban…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Employed Women, Employment, Fatherless Family
Download full textLichter, Daniel T.; Jensen, Leif – 2000
This paper documents changing rates of poverty, sources of income, and employment among rural female-headed families with children, focusing on the effects of welfare reform. Data from the Current Population Survey show that from 1989 through 1999, especially since passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Fatherless Family, Feminization of Poverty
