The Economic Resource Receipt of New Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Nichols, Laura; Elman, Cheryl; Feltey, Kathryn M.
Titel	The Economic Resource Receipt of New Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 27 (2006) 9, S.1305-1330 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X06287249
Schlagwörter	Financial Support; Mothers; Public Policy; Poverty; Marriage; Socioeconomic Status; One Parent Family; National Surveys; Social Networks; Human Capital; Employment; Sampling; Predictor Variables; Influences; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; Welfare Services; National Survey of Families and Households + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Finanzielle Förderung; Mother; Mutter; Öffentliche Ordnung; Armut; Ehe; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Humankapital; Dienstverhältnis; Prädiktor; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; Fürsorgeeinrichtung
Abstract	U.S. federal policies do not provide a universal social safety net of economic support for women during pregnancy or the immediate postpartum period but assume that employment and/or marriage will protect families from poverty. Yet even mothers with considerable human and marital capital may experience disruptions in employment, earnings, and family socioeconomic status postbirth. We use the National Survey of Families and Households to examine the economic resources that mothers with children ages 2 and younger receive postbirth, including employment, spouses, extended family and social network support, and public assistance. Results show that many new mothers receive resources postbirth. Marriage or postbirth employment does not protect new mothers and their families from poverty, but education, race, and the receipt of economic supports from social networks do. (Contains 4 notes and 5 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10