The counteracting influences of increased female headship and decreased number of children on inequality in economic well-being by age: 1960 to 1980
✍ Scribed by Roger A. Wojtkiewicz
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 901 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5923
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✦ Synopsis
This study uses 1960This study uses , 1970This study uses , and 1980
US Census data to investigate the effects of increased female headship and decreased number of children on economic well-being. The main findings are (1) while increases in female headship lowered economic well-being, decreases in number of children raised economic well-being so that these changes had counteracting effects, and (2) age inequality in economic well-being changed because family composition changes varied in intensity by age group.
The 1960s and 1970s were times of significant demographic changes in the United States. The proportion of families headed by women increased dramatically between 1960. At the same time, the number of children in families decreased sharply . The research reported here considers the effects of these two changes in family composition on inequality in economic well-being between age groups.