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Download full textWhitebook, Marcy; Phillips, Deborah – 1999
Reliable child care services are widely viewed as pivotal to the success of welfare reform because most welfare recipients depend on child care in order to seek, gain, and maintain employment. Others of the working poor need it to avoid dependency on public assistance. As a result, current policy decisions and research efforts are largely focused…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Children
Gallagher, Patricia C. – 1993
This guide shows parents how to cut expenses and save on the cost of raising a family. Chapter 1 offers many ways to stretch food dollars and discusses buying in bulk, eating out, using coupons, buying wholesale, and gardening. Cost-cutting clothing ideas covered in chapter 2 include buying at secondhand stores and consignment shops, outlet…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Clothing, Consumer Education
Quiroz, Julia Teresa – 1989
This document presents testimony delivered before the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families on the economic status of Hispanic children and families in the United States. The speaker, a senior policy analyst at the National Council of La Raza, focuses on the strengths of Hispanic families, the economic challenges they face, and…
Descriptors: Children, Economic Opportunities, Economic Status, Employment Opportunities
Dutton, Diana B. – 1982
This research investigated factors affecting children's health, based on empirical analyses of data from Washington, D.C. and national data. By most measures, poor children experience disproportionate morbidity and mortality. Yet certain ear and vision problems exhibit a U-shaped relation to family income in both national statistics and the…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Anemia, Children, Economically Disadvantaged
Dale, Emily Dunn – 1977
This review details family problems in the United States. It reviews basic assumptions and future trends, advocates a structured public policy, and offers recommendations by which the total family structure may be strengthened. (MFD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Employed Parents, Family Income
De Tray, Dennis – 1978
This report contains the results of two closely related research projects designed to yield information on social and economic factors that influence the number of children couples have and the amount of schooling those children receive. Both projects are based on the same underlying theory of family formation and behavior and both use the same…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Children, Economic Factors, Economics
Grossman, Michael; And Others – 1980
This document consists of summaries of six closely-related studies which investigated empirically the determinants of children's health with particular reference to home and local environmental variables. The first study examined the relationship between a number of family characteristics and the health of white children (6 through 11 years of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences
Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth, PA. – 2001
The existing housing crisis for Philadelphia's low income families has been exacerbated by a decrease in the real income of these families over the past 10 years, a shortage of affordable housing during the same period, and the deterioration of much of the existing housing stock. "Watching Out for Children in Changing Times," a joint…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Children, City Government, Family Income
Proctor, Bernadette D.; Dalaker, Joseph – 2003
This report illustrates how official poverty rates vary by age, race and Hispanic origin, nativity, family composition, work experience, and geography. The official poverty rate rose from 11.7 to 12.1 percent between 2001-2002. In 2002, people below the official poverty thresholds numbered 34.6 million, 1.7 million higher than in 2001. At 16.7…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asian Americans, Blacks, Census Figures
Hofferth, Sandra L. – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Examines the child-care needs and arrangements of working and nonworking-poor and working-class families relative to middle-class families. Suggests that child-care decisions of low-income parents appear to be very similar to those of high-income parents; what differs is access, including convenience, and the ability to afford adequate programs.…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Comparative Analysis, Day Care
Peer reviewedFanshel, David; And Others – Child Welfare, 1992
Summarizes a study of the Family Union, an agency intended to provide services to prevent the placement of children of client families in New York City's Lower East Side into foster care. Discusses child welfare policy recommendations and research opportunities. (BB)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Behavior Problems, Child Welfare, Children
Peer reviewedHoran, Patrick M.; Hargis, Peggy G. – American Sociological Review, 1991
Using data from an 1890 survey of 4,530 working-class families in the United States, this study analyzes the impact of the family economy on children's school and work activities. Increased family resources and lower demand on them are associated with greater school participation and lower work participation for children. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attendance, Child Labor, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Cook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Direct linkLahti, J.; Raikkonen, K.; Kajantie, E.; Heinonen, K.; Pesonen, A.-K.; Jarvenpaa, A.-L.; Strandberg, T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Behavioural disorders with a neurodevelopmental background, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), have been associated with a non-optimal foetal environment, reflected in small body size at birth. However, the evidence stems from highly selected groups with birth outcomes biased towards the extreme low end of the…
Descriptors: Birth, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Body Weight, Body Composition
Cleveland, Robert W.; Henson, Mary F. – Current Population Reports, 1984
This report contains data on the annual earnings of husbands and wives and their combined earnings as married couples. A narrative summarizing findings precedes each group of related charts and tables. Figures 1A through 1C and tables 1A through 1D classify the earnings of married couples, husbands, and wives by weeks of work and…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Children, Dual Career Family
