Does Welfare Dependency Cause Female Headship? The Case of the Black Family.

Darity, William A., Jr.; Myers, Samuel L., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ311161

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Does Welfare Dependency Cause Female Headship? The Case of the Black Family.

Darity, William A., Jr.; Myers, Samuel L., Jr.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v46 n4 p765-79 Nov 1984

Uses a Granger-Sims statistical causality test applied to survey and social security data from 1955 to 1980 to examine the attractiveness of welfare as an inducement for Black women to stay single. Refutes this economic motivation theory and suggests a decline in available Black males as a determinant. (JAC)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Black Mothers, Fatherless Family, Longitudinal Studies, Motivation, Welfare Recipients

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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