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The Handbook of Families and Poverty covers hotly debated issues associated with public policy and funded research as they relate to families and poverty. Contributors, bringing multiple perspectives to bear, aim to show alternatives to welfare in subgroups facing specific challenges that are currently not adequately addressed by the welfare system. Readers will appreciate the insightful summaries of research involving poverty and its relationship to couple, marital, and family dynamics.
How Economically Disadvantaged Are American Elderly Women?: Gender Differences in Economic Well-Being in Old Age
How Economically Disadvantaged Are American Elderly Women?: Gender Differences in Economic Well-Being in Old Age
The economic well-being of elderly people has greatly improved during the past several decades. This stems from concerted legislative initiatives at the federal level. Social Security benefits increased in 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1972. Automatic cost-of-living adjustments, enacted in 1972, ensure constant purchasing power to retired beneficiaries. American retirees also benefit from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (P.L. 93–406), which provides greater security for private pensions. Thanks to this act, minimum standards of administration and fiscal responsibility in pension plans have been strengthened, and the exclusion of differential treatment of most classes of ...
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