To date little is known about the effects of financial hardship on student parents, who remain a significant although largely unrecognized proportion of the student population. The objective of this study was to gain an insight into their concerns and illuminate issues which may have far-reaching consequences not only for the mental and physical…

This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the impact of divorce on children and families. Opening statements are included from Congressmen George Miller, Dan Coats, and Thomas Bliley. Witnesses providing testimony include: (1) Laurie Dixon, managing editor of "The…

In December 1967, the College Scholarship Service launched an experimental program for need analysis of students who might be independent of support from their parents. In response to the announcement, 434 colleges and universities indicated their interest in using the data collection document, the Student's Confidential Statement (SCS), as well…

Findings from this study of 527 farm couples suggest that women's off-farm employment might be in competition with traditional farm values and thus might hinder high-quality marital relationships in farm couples. (Author)

Assessed the prevalence of severe childhood depression, and variables associated with the theoretical construct. Collected peer nominations, self-ratings, and teacher observations for 3,020 children and interviewed 508 of their mothers. Depression rate based on peer nominations was 5.2 percent. Eighteen of 38 hypothesized variables correlated with…

Survey assessed the relative contributions of family structure resources and family process resources to child reading ability, self-esteem, everyday skills, and social competence. Reading ability was related to structural resources and interpersonal process resources, self-esteem with interpersonal process resources and everyday-skills weakly…

Noting that no national-level or population-based information has depicted child care use among children in immigrant families and compared their patterns of child care use with those of children of U.S.-born parents, this study sought to determine if non-maternal care is the norm for children of immigrant families in the United States. The study…

To assess the status of hunger and homelessness in U.S. cities during the year 2000, the U.S. Conference of Mayors surveyed 25 major cities whose mayors were members of its Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness. The survey sought information and estimates from each city on emergency food supplies and services, the causes of hunger and…

Written in a question and answer format, this booklet is designed to answer parents' basic questions about how to obtain child support for their child or others' questions about how to help families get the support they need. The booklet's introduction describes what child support payments can do for a child and where parents can find help in…

In this econometric model of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSLP), supply is related to banks' liquidity and yield curves, all lenders' economic costs and returns, and Student Loan Marketing Association activity. GSLP demand is based on loan costs, family debt position, and net student need for financial aid. (RW)

Review of literature from 1965 to 1995 on the money management behavior of families with limited incomes and African-American and Hispanic-American families identified practices related to budgeting, credit, savings, socialization of children, information seeking, and banking. Little documentation on these populations was found, but some…

Increased child support payments may improve academic achievement of elementary school children more than other types of income. Increases in overall family income add to the level of cognitive stimulation available in the home. (SK)

Investigates the effect of plausible credit constraints on the cyclicality of teen college enrollments. Finds that teens from wealthier families are more likely to attend college in regional recessions. Also examines the influence of variations in regional economic conditions on teen enrollment propensities. Concludes that changes in teen…

Examines the effectiveness of the Cooperative Extension Service effort in financial planning and management. Results show that the home economics extension programs on family financial management had a substantial impact on participants. (JOW)

Analyzes contemporary myths that impede the construction of a compassionate social policy toward the poor, challenges these assumptions, and outlines elements of a political agenda responsive to the needs of impoverished families. (PCB)