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Title: Why are so many American children born into poverty?

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: American Children are poorer at birth than at subsequent childhood ages. We investigate what maternal sociodemographic factors are associated with elevated poverty rates around the time of giving birth in the American Community Survey, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The increase in odds of poverty from having recently given birth declined between 2005 and 2015. Having recently given birth increased poverty odds between 2 and 5 times more for women who did not graduate from high school compared with college graduates. In the SIPP, we also estimate odds of entering or exiting poverty immediately after a birth. The odds of entering poverty when having a birth were elevated most by being unmarried just before the birth. For Black women, having a birth was associated with both a lower chance of entering poverty and a lower chance of exiting from poverty.

Url: https://paa.confex.com/paa/2018/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/20766

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Authors: Rendall, Michael; Zvavitch, Polina; Weden, Margaret; Brown, Joey

Conference Name: Population Association of America 2018 Annual Meeting

Publisher Location: Denver, CO

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Poverty and Welfare

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