abstract: 'Marriage and work have long been central to debates regarding poverty

  and the family. Although ample research has demonstrated their negative

  association with child poverty, both marriage and work have undergone

  major transformations over recent decades. Consequently, it is plausible

  that their association with child poverty may have also changed. Using

  10 waves of U.S. Census Current Population Survey data from the

  Luxembourg Income Study, this study examined the relationships among

  marriage, work, and relative measures of child poverty from 1974 to

  2010. The results indicated that both marriage and work still decrease

  the odds of child poverty. However, time interactions showed marriage''s

  negative association with child poverty has declined in magnitude,

  whereas work''s negative association with child poverty has increased in

  magnitude. These findings underscore the historically varying influence

  of demographic characteristics for poverty. They also suggest the

  limitations of overemphasizing marriage and the growing importance of

  work for reducing child poverty in America.'
affiliation: 'Baker, RS (Corresponding Author), Univ Penn, Dept Sociol, 218 McNeil
  Bldg,3781 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.

  Univ Penn, Dept Sociol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.'
author: Baker, Regina S.
author-email: regbaker@sas.upenn.edu
author_list:
- family: Baker
  given: Regina S.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/jomf.12216
eissn: 1741-3737
files: []
issn: 0022-2445
journal: JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
keywords: employment; inequality; marriage; poverty
keywords-plus: 'MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY-STRUCTURE; LESSONS; WELFARE; POLICY; INCOME;

  MONEY'
language: English
month: OCT
number: '5'
number-of-cited-references: '36'
pages: 1166-1178
papis_id: f8cff798cb843d259f00b7eb295364f6
ref: Baker2015changingassociation
times-cited: '29'
title: The Changing Association Among Marriage, Work, and Child Poverty in the United
  States, 1974-2010
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000360825200010
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '58'
volume: '77'
web-of-science-categories: Family Studies; Sociology
year: '2015'