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Title: Family Characteristics, Public Program Participation, and Civic Engagement
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Caputo, Richard K. |
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Family Characteristics, Public Program Participation, and Civic Engagement Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 37,2 (June 2010): 35-61. Also: http://www.wmich.edu/hhs/newsletters_journals/jssw/37-2.htm Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Western Michigan University School of Social Work Keyword(s): Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Family Characteristics; Food Stamps (see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program); Medicaid/Medicare; Social Roles; Volunteer Work Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study tested for differences on the type and extent of civic engagement between use of visible programs such as Food Stamps and Medicaid and less visible programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit while accounting for family and sociodemographic characteristics. Policy feedback theory guided the study which used data from the 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys. Challenging prior research, means-tested Food Stamps, Medicaid, or EITC program participants were as likely as non-participants to devote time to activities aimed at changing social conditions. What social service agencies can do to enhance civic engagement is discussed. |
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Caputo, Richard K. "Family Characteristics, Public Program Participation, and Civic Engagement." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 37,2 (June 2010): 35-61.
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