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Peer reviewedMcLanahan, Sara S.; And Others – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1989
Investigates the following questions: (1) women's risk of poverty relative to men's; (2) the sources of sex differences in poverty; and (3) the correlation between changes in the sex/poverty ratio and changes in family structure. Confirms the feminization of poverty over time and suggests measures to reduce poverty for women and their children.…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Child Welfare, Cross Sectional Studies, Economic Status
