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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.
Children's Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families
Children's Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families
Despite evidence of a small decline in child poverty during the second half of the 1990s, recent reports from the U.S. Census Bureau have shown that the number of children living in poverty increased by nearly one-half million in 1 year. In 2002, 16.7% of children lived in households where total household income was below the official federal poverty line. Children under age 6 and living in female-headed households are particularly vulnerable to poverty. In 2002, 48.6% of these children lived in households where total household income was below the official federal poverty line. This is five times the rate of poverty for children younger than age 6 ...
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