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Title: Impacts of Welfare Receipt and Family Disruption on Children
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Opitz, Wolfgang |
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Impacts of Welfare Receipt and Family Disruption on Children Presented: Baltimore, MD, Population Association of America Meetings, 1989 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Behavioral Problems; Child Development; Children; Marital Disruption; Mothers; Motor and Social Development (MSD); Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This working paper uses data on mothers and children from the NLSY and 1986 child assessments to examine the impact of welfare receipt on child development. Specifically examined is the relationship of AFDC histories to: (1) the relationship of motor and social development scores of children aged 3 and 4; and (2) reported behavior problems of children aged 4 and older. It was found that, for children ages 3 and 4, motor and social development scores are higher among children who had continuous welfare histories than are scores among children who had discontinuous histories. Statistically significant greater behavior problems are observed among children with discontinuous AFDC histories compared with children with either no AFDC or continuous AFDC history. Plans for future research are discussed. |
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Opitz, Wolfgang. "Impacts of Welfare Receipt and Family Disruption on Children." Presented: Baltimore, MD, Population Association of America Meetings, 1989. |