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Title: The Effects of Welfare on Marital Stability and Remarriage
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Bahr, Stephen J. |
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The Effects of Welfare on Marital Stability and Remarriage Journal of Marriage and Family 41,3 (August 1979): 553-560. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/351625 Cohort(s): Young Women Publisher: National Council on Family Relations Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Divorce; Marital Dissolution; Marital Stability; Remarriage; Welfare This paper estimates welfare effects on marital dissolution and remarriage. The findings indicate that white women, receiving welfare, experience marriage dissolution more frequently than low-income women not receiving public assistance. This finding did not hold for black women. As the duration of marriage increases, the relationship between welfare and marital dissolution decreases. Among both black and white women with low incomes, non-AFDC recipients are three times more likely to remarry than AFDC recipients. However, the relationship between AFDC and remarriage decreases as age increases. |
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Bahr, Stephen J. "The Effects of Welfare on Marital Stability and Remarriage." Journal of Marriage and Family 41,3 (August 1979): 553-560.
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