2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Children of single mothers face higher rates of poverty than children in
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two-parent households in practically every affluent democracy. While
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this difference is widely acknowledged, there is little consensus
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regarding the causes of their poverty and, as a result, little consensus
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on the best way to address poverty among these children. Explanations
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include both individual-level, structural, and political explanations in
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four areas: family structure, labor force activity, economic
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performance, and welfare generosity. Previous research, however, tends
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to focus on only one of these four aspects at a time. Using data from
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the Luxembourg Income Study and the Organisation for Economic
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Co-operation and Development, spanning a period of 31 years and 25
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countries, I test each of these four explanations, examining the effects
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on children in single mother households separately (n = 105,814) and
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children in both single mother households and children in two-parent
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households (n = 668,549), conducting random intercept between-within
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logistic regression analysis. Individual-level measures of family
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structure and labor market activity affect child poverty generally in
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the expected way. Taking advantage of the longitudinal data at the
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country level, I focus on within-country change of the structural and
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political variables. Within-country economic performance is not
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significantly related to poverty, but welfare generosity, namely family
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allowances, significantly reduce the odds of poverty. Further, while the
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effects of family allowance spending are similar for children in both
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single mother and two parent households, they are stronger for the
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former than the latter. Yet, the disadvantage of living in a single
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mother household persists.'
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affiliation: 'Bostic, A (Corresponding Author), Univ Texas Rio Grande Valley, Dept
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Sociol, One West Univ Blvd BMAIN 1-436, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA.
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Bostic, Amie, Univ Texas Rio Grande Valley, Dept Sociol, One West Univ Blvd BMAIN
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1-436, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA.'
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article-number: '59'
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author: Bostic, Amie
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author-email: amie.bostic@utrgv.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Bostic
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given: Amie
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1007/s11113-023-09805-y
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eissn: 1573-7829
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files: []
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issn: 0167-5923
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journal: POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW
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keywords: Poverty; Child poverty; Single mothers; Social policy; Family allowances
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keywords-plus: 'WELFARE-STATE; UNITED-STATES; TRENDS; INCOME; EMPLOYMENT; MULTILEVEL;
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MARRIAGE; WOMEN; DISADVANTAGE; RACE'
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language: English
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month: AUG
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number: '4'
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number-of-cited-references: '109'
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orcid-numbers: Bostic, Amie/0000-0002-9809-5014
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papis_id: ad94406770f7e5522978ecadbecb9ae4
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ref: Bostic2023familywork
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Family, Work, Economy, or Social Policy: Examining Poverty Among Children
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of Single Mothers in Affluent Democracies Between 1985 and 2016'
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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:001013195800001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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volume: '42'
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web-of-science-categories: Demography
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year: '2023'
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