Effects of Welfare Participation on Marriage

Autor/inn/en	Teitler, Julien O.; Reichman, Nancy E.; Nepomnyaschy, Lenna; Garfinkel, Irwin
Titel	Effects of Welfare Participation on Marriage
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 71 (2009) 4, S.878-891 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00641.x
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Marriage; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Services; Marital Status; One Parent Family; Correlation; Economic Factors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Ehe; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Familienstand; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Korrelation; Ökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	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 less than 0.01), 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. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10