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Title: The Changing Impact of Marriage, Motherhood and Work on Women's Poverty

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: This study evaluates, historical changes in the relative importance of key factors influencing white, African American, and Hispanic women's poverty. Empirical results, based on reduced form logistic regressions, indicate that work has become, relative to marriage, a potentially better way to decrease women's poverty. The greater relative importance of work when compared to marriage strongest for blacks and weakest for whites, although for all three groups of women this pattern holds. This trend is consistent with the move fi-om women's main economic support being generated through marriage to instead being generated through work. At the same time, children continue to increase women's chances of being in poverty, though their impact has changed differently among the three groups. The findings suggest that resources directed towards alleviating poverty should ideally be allocated towards efforts to create good job opportunities combined with support to reduce the costs associated with balancing market and family responsibilities.

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Authors: Lieb, Hilaire; Thistle, Susan

Periodical (Full): Journal of Women, Politics and Policy

Issue: 3

Volume: 27

Pages: 5-22

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Poverty and Welfare

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