Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 7 |
Descriptor
Poverty | 50 |
Unwed Mothers | 50 |
Early Parenthood | 17 |
Adolescents | 16 |
Child Welfare | 12 |
One Parent Family | 11 |
Welfare Services | 11 |
Public Policy | 10 |
Welfare Recipients | 10 |
Child Health | 8 |
Children | 8 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Early Childhood Education | 1 |
High Schools | 1 |
Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
Minnesota | 3 |
Illinois | 2 |
United States | 2 |
Africa | 1 |
Botswana | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
District of Columbia | 1 |
Egypt | 1 |
France | 1 |
Ireland | 1 |
Japan | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
George, Robert P.; Levin, Yuval – Education Next, 2015
In this article the authors call attention to the 1965 report, "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action," published by then Assistant Secretary to the Labor Department, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Fifty years later, these authors suggest that, in retrospect, Moynihan understood that the emerging pattern he noted was troubling above…
Descriptors: Family Structure, African Americans, Low Income Groups, Urban Areas
McLanahan, Sara; Jencks, Christopher – Education Next, 2015
In his 1965 report on the black family, Daniel Patrick Moynihan highlighted the rising fraction of black children growing up in households headed by unmarried mothers. He attributed the increase largely to the precarious economic position of black men, many of whom were no longer able to play their traditional role as their family's primary…
Descriptors: Unwed Mothers, Fatherless Family, African American Family, African American Children
Canavan, John – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
In Ireland, historically and in the current era, family has been a central concern for society and the State. This article provides a descriptive overview of family life in Ireland and of major family-related changes over the past 40 years. It presents a general framework of analysis within which these changes can be understood, considers the…
Descriptors: Family Life, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Gassanov, Margaret A.; Nicholson, Lisa M.; Koch-Turner, Amanda – Youth & Society, 2008
Since welfare reform in 1996, marriage has been promoted as a means to reduce welfare dependency and out-of-wedlock childbearing. Despite extensive public and academic discourse surrounding marriage promotion, a basic factor preceding and predicting marriage--expectations to marry--has received little attention. Using insights from the life course…
Descriptors: Poverty, Pregnancy, Marriage, Youth
Graefe, Deborah Roempke; Lichter, Daniel T. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
The promotion of marriage and two-parent families became an explicit public policy goal with the passage of the 1996 welfare reform bill. Marriage has the putative effect of reducing welfare dependency among single mothers, but only if they marry men with earnings sufficient to lift them and their children out of poverty. Newly released data from…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Unwed Mothers, Females, Marriage

Klein, Bruce W.; Rones, Philip L. – Monthly Labor Review, 1989
More than six million persons who spent at least half of 1987 in the labor force were poor; among families with workers, those headed by unmarried women with children have the highest poverty rates. (Author)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Family Income, Labor Force

Wattenberg, Esther – Children Today, 1990
Discusses the research on young, unmarried fathers, and emphasizes the need to understand more about the phenomenon of out-of-wedlock childbearing and the relationship of this phenomenon to poverty and welfare recipiency. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Support, Early Parenthood, Fathers
Rector, 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

Franklin, Donna L.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1995
Analyzing data from 1,033 African American mothers, results indicate that household income, time on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), and number of children are the strongest predictor of nonmarriage. The conclusions support previous findings that never-married mothers suffer more economic hardship than formerly married mothers. (JPS)
Descriptors: Blacks, Children, Economic Impact, Higher Education

Besharov, Douglas J.; Quin, Alison J. – Public Interest, 1987
Changes in parenting behavior have led to the troubling situation called the "feminization of poverty." Families headed by divorced women are doing better than is commonly supposed. Families headed by never-married women are doing worse. Public policy should reflect the differing needs of these two groups. (VM)
Descriptors: Divorce, Economic Status, Females, Marriage
Hendricks, Leo E.; Montgomery, Teresa A. – 1986
This paper focuses on the causes, consequences and prevention of the alarming number of pregnancies among black teenagers. Teenage pregnancy is a symptom of the failure to have one's basic spiritual, intellectual/emotional, and physical needs met. Unmet infantile needs cause adolescents to search for romantic relationships in which they can…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Early Parenthood, Economically Disadvantaged

Wiseman, Michael – Public Interest, 1987
Welfare work programs are a form of welfare fraud. They engender little change compared to the resources that go into them. The most promising policies for reducing welfare roles are the following: (1) support of children by absent parents; (2) tax credit systems; (3) improvements in public education; and (4) provision of health care. (VM)
Descriptors: Divorce, Economic Status, Females, Marriage
Domenico, Desirae M.; Jones, Karen H. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 2007
Adolescent pregnancy has occurred throughout America's history. Only in recent years has it been deemed an urgent crisis, as more young adolescent mothers give birth outside of marriage. At-risk circumstances associated with adolescent pregnancy include medical and health complications, less schooling and higher dropout rates, lower career…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Pregnancy, Early Adolescents, Technical Education
Robins, Philip K.; Dickinson, Katherine P. – 1983
This report presents results from a comprehensive study of child support issues. Using information from three data bases, the following findings emerged: (1) marital status is a strong predictor of receipt of welfare and child support; (2) socioeconomic characteristics of the mother and her family influence welfare and child support outcomes; (3)…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Government Role, Marital Status, One Parent Family
Chase, Richard; Valorose, Jennifer – Wilder Research, 2009
Researchers in many fields agree. The physical, social, and economic health and well-being of adults and society as a whole are strongly influenced by the early experiences of children, when the foundation for effective cognitive and social skills and abilities are developed. Children who have developmental delays or disabilities require and often…
Descriptors: Birth, Neonates, Infants, Toddlers