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Targeting, Universalism, and Single-Mother Poverty: A Multilevel Analysis Across 18 Affluent Democracies
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Demography (2012) 49 (2): 719–746.
Published: 09 March 2012
...David Brady; Rebekah Burroway Abstract We examine the influence of individual characteristics and targeted and universal social policy on single-mother poverty with a multilevel analysis across 18 affluent Western democracies. Although single mothers are disproportionately poor in all countries...
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in Single Motherhood and Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Life Course Perspective
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Published: 10 July 2013
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in Single Motherhood and Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Life Course Perspective
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Published: 10 July 2013
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The association between universal replacement rate and single-mother povert...
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in Targeting, Universalism, and Single-Mother Poverty: A Multilevel Analysis Across 18 Affluent Democracies
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Published: 09 March 2012
Fig. 1 The association between universal replacement rate and single-mother poverty rate across 18 affluent Western democracies circa 2000 ( r = –.64)
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The association between targeting ratio and single-mother poverty rate acro...
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Published: 09 March 2012
Fig. 2 The association between targeting ratio and single-mother poverty rate across 18 affluent Western democracies circa 2000 ( r = .22)
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Published: 29 July 2015
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Beyond single mothers: Cohabitation and marriage in the AFDC program
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Demography (1998) 35 (3): 259–278.
Published: 01 August 1998
.... 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1998 1998 Single Mother Current Population Survey Food Stamp Marriage Rate Welfare Recipient References Bennett , N. , Blanc , A. , & Bloom , D. ( 1988 ). Commitment and the Modern Union: Assessing the Link...
View articletitled, Beyond <span class="search-highlight">single</span> <span class="search-highlight">mothers</span>: Cohabitation and marriage in the AFDC program
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Trends in single mothers’ living arrangements from 1970 to 1995: Correcting the Current Population Survey
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Demography (1998) 35 (1): 125–131.
Published: 01 February 1998
...Rebecca A. London Abstract I examine trends in single mothers’ living arrangements using data from the 1970–1995 Current Population Surveys. I create a consistent trend by correcting a coding problem that stemmed from the misidentification of children living in multigenerational households before...
View articletitled, Trends in <span class="search-highlight">single</span> <span class="search-highlight">mothers</span>’ living arrangements from 1970 to 1995: Correcting the Current Population Survey
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How an earnings supplement can affect union formation among low-income single mothers
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 451–478.
Published: 01 August 2003
...Kristen Harknett; Lisa A. Gennetian Abstract Using data from an experimental evaluation in two Canadian provinces, we found that offering an earnings supplement to single mothers in place of welfare altered rates of marriage and cohabitation, but that the direction of the effects varied by province...
View articletitled, How an earnings supplement can affect union formation among low-income <span class="search-highlight">single</span> <span class="search-highlight">mothers</span>
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Demography (2022) 59 (4): 1377–1402.
Published: 01 August 2022
...Susan Harkness Abstract This study examines how motherhood earnings penalties in combination with the cost of partner absence affect single mothers' economic well-being. Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for 1990–2015 and fixed-effects models with individual-specific...
View articletitled, The Accumulation of Economic Disadvantage: The Influence of Childbirth and Divorce on the Income and Poverty Risk of <span class="search-highlight">Single</span> <span class="search-highlight">Mothers</span>
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Mothering Experiences: How Single Parenthood and Employment Structure the Emotional Valence of Parenting
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Demography (2016) 53 (3): 649–674.
Published: 05 May 2016
... of emotional well-being, although single parenthood is associated with differences in the emotional valence. Single mothers report less happiness and more sadness, stress, and fatigue in parenting than partnered mothers, and these reports are concentrated among those single mothers who are not employed...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Mothering</span> Experiences: How <span class="search-highlight">Single</span> Parenthood and Employment Structure the Emotional Valence of Parenting
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Single Motherhood and Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Life Course Perspective
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Demography (2013) 50 (5): 1521–1549.
Published: 10 July 2013
...Fig. 1 Cumulative risk of becoming a premarital single mother, by age ...
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Welfare Reform and Labor Force Exit by Young, Low-Skilled Single Males
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Demography (2016) 53 (2): 393–418.
Published: 24 February 2016
... remains scant. To address this gap, I use the timing and characteristics of welfare-reform policies implemented during the 1990s and fixed-effects, instrumental variable regression modeling to show that policies seeking to increase LFP rates for low-skilled single mothers inadvertently led to labor force...
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View articletitled, Welfare Reform and Labor Force Exit by Young, Low-Skilled <span class="search-highlight">Single</span> Males
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Household Composition and Gender Differences in Parental Time Investments
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Demography (2020) 57 (4): 1415–1435.
Published: 14 August 2020
...Andrew J. Bibler Abstract Recent research has documented the relatively poor performance of boys, especially those from single-mother households, on a number of outcomes. Differences in noncognitive skills are often cited as a main contributing factor. However, we still know little about...
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Demography 11979673.
Published: 04 June 2025
... of their own living in the household (“nonmothers”) than for single or partnered mothers. In April–June 2021, anxiety declined among mothers, especially single mothers, but remained higher than before the pandemic among single nonmothers. Some of these group differences in anxiety changes became nonsignificant...
View articletitled, The Emergent Motherhood Mental Health Advantage: Did Pandemic Times Make a Difference?
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Household structure and labor force participation of black, hispanic, and white mothers
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Demography (1985) 22 (3): 381–394.
Published: 01 August 1985
...Marta Tienda; Jennifer Glass Abstract This paper investigates whether the inclusion of nonnuclear adults in a household facilitates the labor force participation of single and married mothers. Results based on a sample of extended and nuclear households show that the extension mechanism facilitates...
View articletitled, Household structure and labor force participation of black, hispanic, and white <span class="search-highlight">mothers</span>
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Demography 11967231.
Published: 29 May 2025
..., single mothers, and mothers of color, who are overrepresented in low-wage jobs. We find that mothers’ employment in jobs with nonstandard schedules stayed relatively flat at 15% to 16%, and the prevalence of weekend work increased from 15% to 18%. Moreover, we find growing disparities in who works...
View articletitled, Trends in <span class="search-highlight">Mothers</span>’ Work Schedules in the United States, 1988–2019: Differences by Education, Family Structure, and Race and Ethnicity
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Nonmarital Fertility, Union History, and Women’s Wealth
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Demography (2015) 52 (1): 153–182.
Published: 29 January 2015
... distinguish partners by biological parentage of the firstborn child. Net of controls for education, race/ethnicity, and family background, single mothers who enter into stable marriages with either a biological father or stepfather experience significant wealth advantages over time (more than $2,500 per year...
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The Effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Housing and Living Arrangements
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Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1303–1326.
Published: 17 June 2019
... whether policy-induced expansions to the EITC affect the housing and living arrangements of single mothers. Results suggest that a $1,000 increase in the EITC improves housing by reducing housing cost burdens, but it has no effect on eviction or homelessness. Increases in the EITC also reduce doubling up...
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Demography (2014) 51 (3): 857–880.
Published: 12 April 2014
...Maria Cancian; Daniel R. Meyer Abstract We examine the effects of an increase in income on the cohabitation and marriage of single mothers. Using data from an experiment that resulted in randomly assigned differences in child support receipt for welfare-receiving single mothers, we find...
View articletitled, Testing the Economic Independence Hypothesis: The Effect of an Exogenous Increase in Child Support on Subsequent Marriage and Cohabitation
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