This report examines why the child support system breaks down for so many low-income families, presenting information from interviews with unmarried mothers and fathers nationwide. Four chapters focus on: (1) "Introduction" (child support policy in California and nationwide); (2) "The National and California Child Support…

The dramatic decline in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseloads in the 1990s has focused attention on the process of exit from, and, to a lesser extent, entry into, the welfare system. This paper charts the process of turnover in the TANF program in three major U.S. cities over an 18-month, post-PWORA period and documents its…

Challenges Christopher Jencks' views on income distribution, and its relation to inequality in education. (DS)

Revision of a paper presented before the Progress and Poverty in Social Change Section of the Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, 1967.

The National Urban League Black Pulse Survey found that Blacks who had been trained for jobs suffered less unemployment and had higher wages than the untrained. Significantly, job training support was mainly provided by the Federal government which now proposes to reduce funding for its training programs. (Author/MJL)

Argues that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is not the same as the cost of living and that, while the CPI may reflect changes in an "average" family's purchasing power, the expenses and purchases of teachers' families may not be "average." (Author/RW)

Adjustment of children to parental separation and divorce is studied in light of demographic factors. Found that all maladjusted children in this sample came from families who reported a 50 percent drop in income immediately following parental separation. All maladjusted children were between ages six and nine at separation. (Author)

A study of the prevalence of developmental disabilities in racial groups found the estimated rate was 1.1%, with the highest rate among blacks. Households that had individuals with developmental disabilities were lower income and more dependent on welfare programs. Minority status exacerbated differences in income and access to welfare. (Author/CR)

Used 1970-90 Census data to examine changes in spatial concentrations of income and poverty within large metropolitan areas. The filtering of older residential buildings to lower-income groups contributed to increased poverty and decreased median household incomes within central cities and certain inner suburbs. White flight and the non-poor's…

Explored trends in segregation by race/ethnicity and income class from 1970-00. Declines in racial segregation and increases in income class segregation were found until the 1990s, when income segregation declined. Poor families experienced greater segregation from others than families in other income groups did from each other. Blacks experienced…

Reviews the changing work patterns and composition of families with children and trends in children's median family income. Finds that children from single-parent, Black, or Hispanic families may not be able to compete effectively as adults in the labor market. (JOW)

This article discusses factors that influence children of divorced parents (length of time since divorce, family income level); summarizes research related to these children's self concept, academic performance, and classroom behavior; and suggests several things that parents and educators can do to support children of divorce. (IAH)

During 1980-90, nonmetropolitan population grew by 3.7% natural increase offset a small migration loss. A significant net loss of young adults was partially offset by an influx of older adults. Tables depict net migration by age, 1950-90; and population change, net migration, and natural increase by employment sector, income, and rurality,…

Uses data from Japanese households to calculate the income elasticities of educational expenditure, allowing elasticities to vary nonmonotonically with household income. Explores whether income elasticities for education peak in the middle-income categories and diminish for the lower and upper ends of income distribution. Income elasticities do…

Investigated factors related to career salience of Nigerian dual-career women (n=142). Findings showed that neither family size not level of education related to women's career salience. Husbands' level of education did relate to women's career salience. Positive self-image and higher family income were identified as advantages, whereas…