Welfare Use: Implications for Teen Mothers' Education.

Hong, Gong-Soon; Wellen, Pat D.

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ERIC Number: EJ460735

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Welfare Use: Implications for Teen Mothers' Education.

Hong, Gong-Soon; Wellen, Pat D.

Home Economics Research Journal, v21 n3 p247-60 Mar 1993

According to data on 212 mothers aged 15 to 21, receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children or Women, Infants, Children assistance; living with parents; and expenditure per student in the state positively influenced teen mothers' education. Food stamps were negatively associated with educational attainment. (SK)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Educational Attainment, Expenditure per Student, Mothers, Secondary Education, Welfare Recipients

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children

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