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Title: Living Arrangements and School Dropout among Minor Mothers Following Welfare Reform
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Koball, Heather |
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Living Arrangements and School Dropout among Minor Mothers Following Welfare Reform Social Science Quarterly 88,5 (December 2007): 1374-1391. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00507.x/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Coresidence; High School Dropouts; Mothers, Adolescent; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS); Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Welfare Objectives. The 1996 welfare reform laws required that parents under the age of 18 live with their parents or an adult relative and enroll in school to be eligible for welfare benefits. This study examines whether minor mothers were less likely to drop out of school and more likely to live with parents following welfare reform. Methods. Data from the National Education Longitudinal Survey 1988 and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 were used in difference-in-difference analyses. Results. Following welfare reform, minor mothers' co-residence with parents increased and their drop-out rates decreased. Conclusions. Welfare reform requirements are associated with changes in living arrangements and drop-out rates of minor mothers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Social Science Quarterly (Blackwell Publishing Limited) is the property of Blackwell Publishing Limited and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts) |
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Koball, Heather. "Living Arrangements and School Dropout among Minor Mothers Following Welfare Reform." Social Science Quarterly 88,5 (December 2007): 1374-1391.
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