Effects of Welfare Participation on Marriage
We investigated the widely held premise that welfare participation causes women to refrain from marriage. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 3,219), we employed an event history approach to study transitions to marriage among mothers who have had a nonmarital birth....
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Marriage and Family. - National Council on Family Relations, 1964. - 71(2009), 4, Seite 878-891 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2009
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of Marriage and Family |
| Schlagworte: | marriage welfare welfare reform Political science Social sciences Biological sciences Health sciences Behavioral sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | We investigated the widely held premise that welfare participation causes women to refrain from marriage. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 3,219), we employed an event history approach to study transitions to marriage among mothers who have had a nonmarital birth. We found that welfare participation reduces the likelihood of transitioning to marriage (hazard ratio is 0.67, p <.01), but only while the mother is receiving benefits. Once the mother leaves welfare, past receipt has little effect on marriage. We infer that the negative association between welfare participation and subsequent marriage reflects temporary economic disincentives rather than an erosion of values. |
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| ISSN: | 17413737 |