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Download full textMoffitt, Robert; Cherlin, Andrew; Burton, Linda; King, Mark; Roff, Jennifer – 2002
This paper reports the characteristics of women who have remained on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio. Data come from the Three-City Study of 2,400 low income families with children. The study collected data on employment, income, family structure, and caregiver characteristics. Results indicate…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Employment Patterns, Family Characteristics, Females
Cherlin, Andrew; Fomby, Paula; Angel, Ronald; Henrici, Jane – 2001
The 1996 welfare reform law restricted immigrants' eligibility for public assistance, although many states have at least partially restored their eligibility. However, about three-fourths of the children of non-citizen immigrants were born in the United States and are therefore eligible for all government benefits. This brief examines whether…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Immigrants, Low Income Groups
Moffitt, Robert; Cherlin, Andrew; Burton, Linda; King, Mark; Roff, Jennifer – 2002
This study examined characteristics of families who remained on welfare, comparing the economic, social, and demographic characteristics of women remaining on welfare to welfare leavers and low-income women who had never been on welfare; how the characteristics and income of employed women on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) compared…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Employed Women, Family Characteristics, Family Income
Dworkin, Julie – 2000
This report presents data from 1999 surveys of people living in Chicago shelters and warming centers for families with children. The surveys asked about the impacts of welfare reform on respondents' lives. Researchers also surveyed housing and food assistance agencies, shelters, and other social service agencies. Of 481 families surveyed, 44…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Baker, Brenda; Familia, Yahaira; Gifford, Amy; Knowlton, Gretchen; Matakis, Brian; Olson, Melissa; Owens, Tracy; Zasadny, Julie – 2000
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Illinois' children. The statistical portrait is based on indicators in the areas of family, education and child care, arts and recreation, safety, health, and economic security. The indicators are: (1) percent of children living in poverty; (2) number of children enrolled in…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse, Child Health
Parker, Trisha; Warner, Lindsay; Zasadny, Julie – 2002
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Illinois' children. The statistical portrait is based on 24 indicators in the areas of family, health, safety, education, and economic security. The indicators are: (1) living arrangements for children; (2) teen births; (3) children in foster/substitute care; (4) foster…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asthma, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
