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abstract: 'Objectives. Although employment among welfare mothers increased
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substantially following the 1996 welfare reform, some former welfare
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recipients failed to find stable employment. We review the extent to
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which low-income mothers are without work and cash welfare for long
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periods of time and seek to understand the correlates of becoming
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chronically disconnected. Methods. We analyze data from a 1997-2003
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panel study of single mothers who received cash welfare in an urban
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county in Michigan in February 1997. We develop a new measure of the
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extent to which former recipients are ``chronically disconnected{''''}
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from both employment and cash welfare and estimate regression models of
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the correlates of this economic outcome. Results. About 9 percent of
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respondents became chronically disconnected, defined as being without
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employment and cash welfare during at least one-quarter of the months
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during the 79-month study period. Important correlates of becoming
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chronically disconnected include having a physical limitation, having a
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learning disability, using illegal drugs or meeting the diagnostic
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screening criteria for alcohol dependence, and having no car or driver
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license. The chronically disconnected are more likely to have lost a job
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than to have lost welfare benefits and are more economically
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disadvantaged than those with regular sources of economic support.
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Conclusions. To reduce the number of women who fail to make a successful
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transition from welfare to work, more attention should be given to
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programs and policies that attempt to reconnect disconnected women to
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regular sources of economic support.'
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affiliation: 'Danziger, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Michigan, Gerald R Ford Sch
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Publ Policy, 1015 E Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA.
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Univ Michigan, Gerald R Ford Sch Publ Policy, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA.'
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author: Turner, LJ and Danziger, S and Seefeldt, KS
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author-email: sheldond@umich.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Turner
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given: LJ
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- family: Danziger
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given: S
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- family: Seefeldt
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given: KS
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00378.x
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eissn: 1540-6237
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files: []
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issn: 0038-4941
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journal: SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY
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keywords-plus: MOVE; PAY
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language: English
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month: JUN
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '26'
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pages: 227-249
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papis_id: a2a57fc3d68dde78c3f63b37e16670f3
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ref: Turner2006failingtransition
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times-cited: '64'
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title: 'Failing the transition from welfare to work: Women chronically disconnected
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from employment and cash welfare'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000237396900002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '11'
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volume: '87'
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web-of-science-categories: Political Science; Sociology
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year: '2006'
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