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Author: Danziger, Sandra K.
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1. Danziger, Sandra K.
Kaye, Kelleen
Koff, Elisa
Trends in Welfare Receipt and Nonmarital Births: Is There a Link?
Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Abortion; Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Childbearing; Contraception; Family Studies; Fertility; Marital Status; Parents, Single; Racial Differences; Sexual Activity; Welfare

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In 1993, the number of births to single mothers reached over 1 million, almost 33% of all births. Addressed here is whether welfare plays a role in rising births to single mothers. Information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth is used to compare characteristics of mothers by marital status at the time of birth & 5 years later to assess how prone they are to welfare receipt. Also examined is the extent to which increases in single childbearing & the underlying trends in marriage rates, single birthrates, & married birthrates match trends in Aid to Families with Dependent Children caseload expansion. Finally, assessed is whether rates of welfare participation among never-married mothers by age & race have declined or increased during a period of increasing nonmarital fertility. Both program & population data are used, & policy implications are drawn for current proposals that hope to lower nonmarital births by restricting or reducing welfare. (Copyright 1996, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.)
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Danziger, Sandra K., Kelleen Kaye and Elisa Koff. "Trends in Welfare Receipt and Nonmarital Births: Is There a Link?" Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996.