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Title: Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty
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Rector, Robert Johnson, Kirk A. |
Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty Center for Data Analysis Report #02-05, Heritage Foundation, August 2002. Also: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/cda02-05.cfm Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: The Heritage Foundation Keyword(s): Children; Children, Poverty; Marital Status; Marriage; Mothers, Education; Mothers, Income; Poverty Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Utilizing National Longitudinal Survey data, Rector and Johnson's study finds that marital status has a stronger impact on child poverty than maternal education. One of the four principal goals of the welfare reform of 1996 was to increase married two-parent families. The current welfare reform proposals advanced by President George W. Bush and recently enacted by the House of Representatives (H.R. 4737) include specific policies aimed at encouraging healthy marriages. Supporters of this approach contend that an increase in healthy marriages will improve child well-being and reduce child poverty. Opponents argue that there is little or no link between increasing marriage and reducing poverty. They argue that the government should ignore the issue of marriage and should focus instead on increasing maternal education as the primary means of combating child poverty. Given this policy context, this Heritage Foundation Center for Data Analysis Report examines two questions: Is marriage effective in reducing child poverty? What is the comparative effect of marriage and maternal education in combating child poverty? Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the CDA analysis produced the following findings:
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Rector, Robert and Kirk A. Johnson. "Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty." Center for Data Analysis Report #02-05, Heritage Foundation, August 2002. |