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Author: Kost, Kathleen Ann
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Kost, Kathleen Ann |
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The Use of An Income Maintenance Program By Young Men: An Exploratory Study Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1994 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Fatherhood; Fathers; Financial Assistance; Income; Regions; Welfare Concern over the effects of the public provision of financial assistance on the lives of citizens, and its consequences for society, has been a driving force in the policy arena for the last decade. Public debate has focused primarily on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), a federally mandated and regulated welfare program. Missing from much of this debate has been the smaller General Assistance (GA) program, a state and/or locally financed income maintenance program for persons in need who do not qualify for economic assistance under federal programs. There are no federal mandates or regulations which require states to implement this program or that govern its administration. Little is known about the potential effect of GA on the lives of recipients and the impact its availability may have on work effort. This research examines the personal and structural characteristics of young able-bodied men who use GA, their duration of use and the characteristics that may be related to exit from it. These characteristics are compared to recipients who are considered unemployable by program administrators and to similarly situated able-bodied young men who also have access to a GA program but did not use it. Data are from the 1979 through 1984 panels of the National Longitudinal Survey of the Labor Market Experience of Youth (NLSY). Significant differences were found between unemployable and employable recipients; there were fewer substantive differences between able-bodied recipients and nonrecipients. Young men living in states in the East North Central region were found to be more likely to use GA, as were young men who had had two or more incidents in the criminal justice system. Little long-term GA use was found in these data: a majority of able-bodies recipients exit this welfare program within six months. The number of weeks worked previously increases the likelihood to exit from GA. Fathers were less likely to exit than recipients who did not have a child. Implications for policy and suggestion for future research are included. |
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Kost, Kathleen Ann. The Use of An Income Maintenance Program By Young Men: An Exploratory Study. Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1994. |
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Kost, Kathleen Ann Smyth, Nancy J. |
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Two Strikes Against Them? Exploring the Influence of a History of Poverty and Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family on Alcohol Problems and Income Journal of Social Service Research 28,4 (2002): 23-52. Also: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J079v28n04_02 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Childhood Adversity/Trauma; Income; Parental Influences; Poverty Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The relationship between poverty and substance abuse is complex and mitigated by many factors. While poverty is a risk factor for adolescent substance abuse, there is little research documenting the relationship beyond adolescence. Using a systematic sample of 1,268 cases from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study investigated whether there are synergistic, intergenerational effects of poverty and alcoholism. Results suggest that a co-occurring history of family alcoholism and poverty has a nonlinear relationship with alcohol problems and income as an adult. Young adults who were poor six or more years and lived with an alcoholic relative for nine or more years are at greater risk of having low income and problems with alcohol as an adult compared to others. Implications for policy, practice, and future research are discussed. |
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Bibliography Citation
Kost, Kathleen Ann and Nancy J. Smyth. "Two Strikes Against Them? Exploring the Influence of a History of Poverty and Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family on Alcohol Problems and Income." Journal of Social Service Research 28,4 (2002): 23-52.
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