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Download full textRector, Robert E.; Johnson, Kirk A.; Fagan, Patrick F.; Noyes, Lauren R. – 2003
This report uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study (a nationwide survey that collects data on married and non-married parents at the time of the child's birth) to determine how much marriage could reduce poverty among couples who are not married at the time of birth. To determine the impact of marriage on children's and…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Marital Status, Marriage, One Parent Family
Fitchen, Janet M. – Community Development: Research Briefs & Case Studies, 1995
Many proposals for welfare reform center on the issue of marriage-based families versus single-parent families and oversimplify the relationship between single-parenting and poverty. Research done in upstate rural New York among low-income families showed that personal and economic characteristics of married and single mothers were similar as to…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility
