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Title: The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Children: The Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation
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1. Beecroft, Erik
Cahill, Kevin
Goodson, Barbara D.
The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Children: The Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation
Abt Associates Report, Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge MA, June 2002.
Also: http://www.abtassoc.com/reports/Indy_Child_Final_Report.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Abt Associates Inc.
Keyword(s): Accidents; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Health; Children, Well-Being; Comparison Group (Reference group); Health Care; Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Injuries; Turbulence; Welfare

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This report addresses the following research question: How has Indiana's welfare reform program affected children? The findings are based on an in-home survey conducted between March and November 2000. The survey, which generated a 70-percent response rate, was administered to a representative statewide sample of single-parent families with children, on average 5 years after the families entered Indiana's welfare reform program. Most of the results in this report are based on a sample of 1,679 families who had a child between 5 and 12 years old at the time of the survey. Findings based on a smaller set of outcomes are presented for 1,126 adolescent children who were between 13 and 17 years old at the time of the survey. The survey measured numerous child outcomes relating to educational performance, social and emotional adjustment, and health. In addition, the survey measured a number of other aspects of children's environments that could be affected by welfare reform, including the home environment and parenting practices, family stability and turbulence, maternal mental health and domestic abuse, absent parent involvement, and child care. The NLSY79 Child was used as a national comparison group for BPI scores, accidents and injuries, and receipt of routine medical and dental care.
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Beecroft, Erik, Kevin Cahill and Barbara D. Goodson. "The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Children: The Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation." Abt Associates Report, Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge MA, June 2002.