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Download full textPorter, Kathryn H.; Dupree, Allen – 2001
This analysis examines poverty in families headed by working single mothers, addressing whether and to what degree their economic situations have improved. It investigates the effect of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which moved single mothers from welfare to work. Poverty data from the annual Census…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Family Income, Federal Programs
