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Title: Heavy Alcohol Use, Alcohol and Drug Screening and their Relationship to Mothers' Welfare Participation: A Temporal-ordered Causal Analysis
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1. Cheng, Tyrone C.
Lo, Celia C.
Heavy Alcohol Use, Alcohol and Drug Screening and their Relationship to Mothers' Welfare Participation: A Temporal-ordered Causal Analysis
Journal of Social Policy 39,4 (October 2010): 543-559.
Also: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7873718&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S004727941000022X
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Child Care; Drug Use; Human Capital; Mothers; Social Environment; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Welfare

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This longitudinal study examined the association between heavy alcohol use, alcohol and drug-screening requirements, and social support network variables and mothers' welfare participation in the United States. The study was a secondary data analysis of 3,517 mothers. The sample was extracted from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data gathered in 1994-2004. Results of logistic regression show welfare participation is not associated with heavy alcohol use or alcohol- and drug-screening requirements, but is associated with a history of reported heavy alcohol use, informal help with childcare, and scant human capital. Results also indicate that alcohol- and drug screening required under TANF may not exclude heavy drinking mothers from TANF participation, and that social support networks do not cancel heavy drinking's association with participation. Policy implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Cheng, Tyrone C. and Celia C. Lo. "Heavy Alcohol Use, Alcohol and Drug Screening and their Relationship to Mothers' Welfare Participation: A Temporal-ordered Causal Analysis." Journal of Social Policy 39,4 (October 2010): 543-559.