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Kelty, Ryan; Kleykamp, Meredith; Segal, David R. – Future of Children, 2010
Ryan Kelty, Meredith Kleykamp, and David Segal examine the effect of military service on the transition to adulthood. They highlight changes since World War II in the role of the military in the lives of young adults, focusing especially on how the move from a conscription to an all-volunteer military has changed the way military service affects…
Descriptors: Military Service, Social Class, Females, Military Personnel
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Ludwig, Jens; Mayer, Susan – Future of Children, 2006
Many U.S. policymakers support changing the "culture" of poor parents to encourage marriage, work, and religion as a means to end the intergenerational transmission of poverty. In this article Jens Ludwig and Susan Mayer review and evaluate research on how parental work, marriage, and religion affect children's socioeconomic status…
Descriptors: Poverty, Prevention, Low Income Groups, Parent Influence