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Impact of the 1996 welfare reform on child and family well-being

✍ Scribed by Kyunghee Lee

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
137 KB
Volume
37
Category
Article
ISSN
0090-4392

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This article examined the impact of the 1996 Welfare Reform, based on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Using a sample of 1,681 single mothers living in poverty, this study compared the effects of economic well‐being and home environment scores on their children during pre‐ and post‐Welfare Reform years. Following the 1996 Welfare Reform, fewer mothers received cash payments, and those who did received lower payments, while more mothers worked at low‐paying jobs. Negative impacts were more pronounced for less educated mothers. The effects of family income and home environment scores on children were different before and after the 1996 Welfare Reform. Maternal education moderated these associations. Instead of enforcing the current β€œwork first” mandate, this research supports giving priority to maternal education to enhance child and family well‐being in low‐income families. Β© 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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