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Source: Journal of Applied Social Sciences
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Meyer, Daniel R. Cancian, Maria |
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Ten Years Later: Economic Well-Being among Those Who Left Welfare Journal of Applied Social Sciences 25,1 (Fall-Winter 2000-01): 13-30 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Economic Well-Being; Income Level; Poverty; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth from 1979 through 1996, we describe the economic well-being of young single mothers who exited from the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) welfare program and examine outcomes over the ten years following their exit. We find some women achieve moderate levels of economic success: for example, one-quarter of the exiters were never poor or poor in only one of the first ten years post-welfare. Moreover, many results point to improvements in economic status over time. On the other hand, a substantial number of these women and their families remain economically vulnerable, with poverty rates particularly high when one examines only a woman's own income. Another troubling sign is that income growth and the decline in poverty are concentrated in the early years, with less improvement in economic status in the later years. Our results highlight that leaving welfare is not synonymous with leaving poverty. |
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Bibliography Citation
Meyer, Daniel R. and Maria Cancian. "Ten Years Later: Economic Well-Being among Those Who Left Welfare." Journal of Applied Social Sciences 25,1 (Fall-Winter 2000-01): 13-30.
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