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Evanson, Elizabeth; Uhr, E. – Focus, 1986
In 1974, children under 18 displaced the elderly as the poorest age group, and in 1985 households with children accounted for over two-thirds of all poor people in the United States. To better understand the factors underlying the deteriorating well-being of families with children, census data on family income from 1967 to 1984 was studied. Three…
Descriptors: Blacks, Children, Economic Status, Economically Disadvantaged
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Focus, 2001
These three issues of 2000-2001 "Focus" present a collection of papers focusing on issues related to poverty. The first issue discusses child support enforcement policy and low-income families, highlighting such issues as fragile families and child wellbeing; low-income families and the child support enforcement system; child support…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Custody, Child Support, Family Income