Single mother families and employment, race, and poverty in changing economic times

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dc.citation.firstpage120en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleSocial Science Researchen_US
dc.citation.lastpage133en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber62en_US
dc.contributor.authorDamaske, Sarahen_US
dc.contributor.authorBratter, Jenifer L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFrech, Adrianneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-11T19:50:56Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-07-11T19:50:56Zen_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractUsing American Community Survey data from 2001, 2005, and 2010, this paper assesses the relationships between employment, race, and poverty for households headed by single women across different economic periods. While poverty rates rose dramatically among single-mother families between 2001 and 2010, surprisingly many racial disparities in poverty narrowed by the end of the decade. This was due to a greater increase in poverty among whites, although gaps between whites and Blacks, whites and Hispanics, and whites and American Indians remained quite large in 2010. All employment statuses were at higher risk of poverty in 2010 than 2001 and the risk increased most sharply for those employed part-time, the unemployed, and those not in the labor force. Given the concurrent increase in part-time employment and unemployment between 2000 and 2010, findings paint a bleak picture of the toll the last decade has had on the well being of single-mother families.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDamaske, Sarah, Bratter, Jenifer L. and Frech, Adrianne. "Single mother families and employment, race, and poverty in changing economic times." <i>Social Science Research,</i> 62, (2017) Elsevier: 120-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.08.008.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.08.008en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/102404en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier.en_US
dc.subject.keywordemploymenten_US
dc.subject.keywordpovertyen_US
dc.subject.keywordraceen_US
dc.subject.keywordrecessionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsingle mothersen_US
dc.titleSingle mother families and employment, race, and poverty in changing economic timesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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