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