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Download full textRector, Robert; Johnson, Kirk A. – 2002
This paper examines whether marriage is effective in reducing child poverty and notes the comparative effects of marriage and maternal education on combatting child poverty. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth indicate that marriage plays a powerful role in lifting children out of poverty. While both marriage and maternal education…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMenaghan, Elizabeth G.; Parcel, Toby L. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1995
The birth of additional children, marital termination, and mother remaining unmarried have generally negative effects on children's home environments, although the negative effect of maternal employment varies in accordance with job complexity. The negative effect of remaining unmarried varies in accordance with mothers' employment status and the…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Employed Parents, Employed Women
