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Source: Journal of Children and Poverty
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Georges, Annie
The GED Certificate and the Poverty Status of Adult Women
Journal of Children and Poverty 7,1 (March 2001): 49-61.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10796120120038037
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Company ==> Taylor & Francis
Keyword(s): GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School Completion/Graduates; High School Dropouts; Poverty; Women; Women's Education

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Are women who hold a General Educational Development (GED) certificate less likely to ever be in poverty? Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study examines the probability of entering poverty for women. If a woman is already poor, the study also examines the probability of exiting poverty. The analysis differentiates between high school dropouts, GED certificate holders, & high school graduates, & it is restricted to the first entry into poverty & the first exit out of poverty. In general, the results show that the GED certificate may be an economically beneficial route for women to achieve short-term earnings growth & remain out of poverty, as compared to dropping out of high school. The analysis shows that women with a GED certificate have a significantly higher probability of entry into poverty than high school graduates. However, a GED certificate increases the probability that a woman will exit poverty, compared to high school dropouts. This finding differs from other studies about the economic impact of the GED certificate. 2 Tables, 29 References. Adapted from the source document
Bibliography Citation
Georges, Annie. "The GED Certificate and the Poverty Status of Adult Women." Journal of Children and Poverty 7,1 (March 2001): 49-61.
2. Vartanian, Thomas P.
Houser, Linda
The Interactive Role of SNAP Participation and Residential Neighborhood in Childhood Obesity
Journal of Children and Poverty 26,2 (2020): 167-189.
Also: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10796126.2020.1826246
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Company ==> Taylor & Francis
Keyword(s): Disadvantaged, Economically; Geocoded Data; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Neighborhood Effects; Obesity; Siblings; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps)

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Nationally representative studies of childhood obesity have examined the roles played by neighborhood conditions and by SNAP use, but not the effects of these factors together or in interaction. We used restricted, geocoded data from the 1986-2012 Child and Young Adult sample of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth with sibling fixed effects models to explore the effects of time receiving SNAP within disadvantaged neighborhoods on child obesity. Time participating in SNAP during ages 2-8 and ages 14-18 was associated with a lower proportion of time obese for children in disadvantaged neighborhoods, to an increasing degree as the level of neighborhood advantage declined. Given that most individuals who spend an extended period of time using SNAP live in the least advantaged neighborhoods, these results suggest that SNAP participation during these childhood years may help to reduce proportion of time obese as a child. Overall, results of this investigation suggest that participation in SNAP may have protective effects for children living in low-income households within disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Bibliography Citation
Vartanian, Thomas P. and Linda Houser. "The Interactive Role of SNAP Participation and Residential Neighborhood in Childhood Obesity." Journal of Children and Poverty 26,2 (2020): 167-189.