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Title: Getting into Poverty Without a Husband, and Getting Out, With or Without
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Kniesner, Thomas J. McElroy, Marjorie B. Wilcox, Steven P. |
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Getting into Poverty Without a Husband, and Getting Out, With or Without American Economic Review 78,2 (May 1988): 86-95. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1818103 Cohort(s): Young Women Publisher: American Economic Association Keyword(s): Family Structure; Mothers; Parents, Single; Poverty; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Utilizing data from the NLS of Young Women, this research analyzed the poverty spells of young single mothers during the survey years 1968-1982. Findings include: (1) young black women are more likely than young white women to not only experience poverty but to stay in poverty; (2) changes in family structure account for nearly all entries into poverty with divorce the prevalent entry mode for white women and leaving the household of another adult the predominant mode for black women; (3) more young white women exit poverty via remarriage while black women typically rejoin either their parent's household or the household of another unrelated male adult; and (4) for both races, poverty status represented new poverty rather than poverty carried over from some previous family structure. |
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Kniesner, Thomas J., Marjorie B. McElroy and Steven P. Wilcox. "Getting into Poverty Without a Husband, and Getting Out, With or Without." American Economic Review 78,2 (May 1988): 86-95.
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