scholarly journals The Implications of Grandparent Coresidence for Economic Hardship Among Children in Mother-Only Families

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1576-1597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan E. Mutchler ◽  
Lindsey A. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Economic Well Being

Estimates suggest that more than 6 million children live with at least one grandparent. Despite evidence establishing the growing prevalence of this arrangement, limited research has focused on estimating the implications of coresidence for the economic well-being of grandchildren. Using data from the 2001 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation, this article examines levels of financial hardship among a particularly vulnerable group of children—those living in mother-only families. Findings suggest that children living in mother-only families that include a grandparent are substantially less likely to be living below or near the poverty level, compared with children living in mother-only families without a grandparent present. The financial security of children in these three-generation households is enhanced through significant economic contributions of the grandparents and from household receipt of a wide range of financial resources, including means-tested cash transfers and other income such as Social Security.

scholarly journals Did We Lose the War on Poverty?

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale W Jorgenson
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
War On Poverty ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Accurate Assessment ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Economic Well Being

Official U.S. poverty statistics based on household income imply that the proportion of the U.S. population below the poverty level reached a minimum in 1973, giving rise to the widespread impression that the elimination of poverty is impossible. By contrast, poverty estimates based on household consumption have fallen through 1989 and imply that the war on poverty was a success. This paper recommends replacing income by consumption in official estimates of poverty in order to obtain a more accurate assessment of the impact of income support programs and economic growth on the level and distribution of economic well-being among households.

scholarly journals APPLYING THE DIME APPROACH TO A FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S580-S581
Author(s):  
Lisa M Brown
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Culturally Adapted ◽  
Professional Research ◽  
Peer Counselling

Abstract Financial literacy is defined as “the ability to use knowledge and skills to manage financial resources effectively for a lifetime of financial well-being.” The Money Smart Peer-to-Peer Program (MSP) was developed by the FDIC for use with diverse populations. MSP was culturally adapted for use in Jamaica using the Johns Hopkins DIME process. Peer counselling programs consistently demonstrate that they are acceptable and effective with adults who have limited education and low-income by overcoming barriers that are typically encountered when people attempt to access unfamiliar services or guidance from a professional. Research conducted with the MSP program reveals that program participants were more likely to open and save using deposit accounts, use and adhere to a budget, and have increased confidence in their financial abilities 6 to 12 months after completing the course. Implementation of MSP increases the likelihood that people can retire with dignity and financial security.

scholarly journals The economic effects of the territoriality principle

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-186
Author(s):  
Zsombor Csata ◽  
Roman Hlatky ◽  
Amy H. Liu ◽  
Ariel Pitre Young
Keyword(s):  
Minority Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Being There ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Multiple Languages ◽  
Municipal Level ◽  
Economic Well Being

Abstract The territoriality principle stipulates that minority communities in a given territory should be linguistically accommodated. What are the economic effects of this principle? In this paper, we argue that the recognition of multiple languages confers respect on the minority group; it allows people to engage and participate meaningfully in society – thereby facilitating economic well-being. There is, however, a caveat: when recognition happens in areas where the minority is the overwhelming majority, there is a risk that the near-exclusive use of the minority language cuts the community off from the larger national state, which in turn stunts development. To test this, we focus on Transylvania, Romania. We leverage a legal stipulation that recognizes minority languages in areas where the minority constitutes more than 20% of the population. Using data at the municipal level, we find that recognition increases economic well-being in general – but not in areas where the minority are numerically dominant. Our results are normatively welcoming, but they also caution governments not simply to recognize minority languages but also to protect them adequately.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with the Variation in Hourly Wage Rates Among a Sample of Low Wage Workers in Rural Delaware

1975 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-173
Author(s):  
Richard Bieker
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Hourly Wage ◽  
Farm Families ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Labor Earnings ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
Male Head ◽  
Economic Well Being

Many persons in rural areas in the U.S. are dependent largely on labor earnings for their economic well-being. Seventy-five percent of the 14.8 million rural nonfarm persons and fifty-two percent of the rural farm persons 16 years old and over who were employed in 1969 were employed as wage and salary workers. Of the 1.6 million rural nonfarm families with incomes less than the poverty level in 1969, 51 percent had male heads less than 65 years of age, and 71 percent of these male heads were in the labor force in 1969. Sixty-seven percent of the 442,000 rural farm families with incomes less than the poverty level had a male head less than 65 years old and 81 percent of these male heads were in the labor force in 1969.

scholarly journals Thermal Personalities of Older People in South Australia: A Personas-Based Approach to Develop Thermal Comfort Guidelines

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8402
Author(s):  
Helen Bennetts ◽  
Larissa Arakawa Martins ◽  
Joost van Hoof ◽  
Veronica Soebarto
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Study Participants

An important consideration for future age-friendly cities is that older people are able to live in housing appropriate for their needs. While thermal comfort in the home is vital for the health and well-being of older people, there are currently few guidelines about how to achieve this. This study is part of a research project that aims to improve the thermal environment of housing for older Australians by investigating the thermal comfort of older people living independently in South Australia and developing thermal comfort guidelines for people ageing-in-place. This paper describes the approach fundamental for developing the guidelines, using data from the study participants’ and the concept of personas to develop a number of discrete “thermal personalities”. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) was implemented to analyse the features of research participants, resulting in six distinct clusters. Quantitative and qualitative data from earlier stages of the project were then used to develop the thermal personalities of each cluster. The thermal personalities represent different approaches to achieving thermal comfort, taking into account a wide range of factors including personal characteristics, ideas, beliefs and knowledge, house type, and location. Basing the guidelines on thermal personalities highlights the heterogeneity of older people and the context-dependent nature of thermal comfort in the home and will make the guidelines more user-friendly and useful.

Access to Social Network Support and Material Hardship

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Campbell ◽  
Jessica Pearlman
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Material Hardship ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Social Network Support ◽  
Analyze Data

Does access to social network support help protect households from material hardship? In this study, we analyze data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation ( N = 28,805) and find that access to assistance from family and friends is associated with a decrease in the likelihood that a household experiences bill-paying hardship, food hardship, or health care hardship. In addition, we examine the interaction between household income and level of available assistance from family and friends. Respondents with higher incomes are able to self-insure against material hardship, and consequently, the protection against material hardship offered by access to assistance is greatest for those respondents with the lowest incomes. Overall, these findings contribute to sociological understandings of how social networks and social isolation shape the well-being of households and suggest an important mechanism for how low-income households are able to avoid material hardship despite inadequate financial resources.

Effects of the Geographical Distance on Economic Well-being: Evidence from Colombia with Emphasis on Displaced Population

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-324
Author(s):  
Henry Laverde-Rojas ◽  
Juan C. Correa
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Geographical Distance ◽  
Fundamental Relationship ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The One ◽  
Economic Well Being

Forced migration and displacement are two well-known results of internal armed conflicts of nations. A fundamental relationship associated with these humanitarian movements is the one entailing the link between the geographical distance travelled by migrants and their economic well-being. As such a link remains unstudied in previous works, its empirical scrutiny is timely for migration studies. In this paper, we take the Colombian conflict as a case study to analyze this relationship empirically. Using data from the Longitudinal Social Protection Survey (ELPS) - 2012, we estimated a regression model, in which we tested different welfare measures and blocks of control variables. Contrary to what we expected, the results show that the elasticity of distance is positive and that it does not determine welfare outcomes for the displaced population.

scholarly journals Cash Transfers, Young Women’s Economic Well-Being, and HIV Risk: Evidence from HPTN 068

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 1178-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Kilburn ◽  
James P. Hughes ◽  
Catherine MacPhail ◽  
Ryan G. Wagner ◽  
F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Economic Well Being

scholarly journals Life-Cycle and Its Impact on the Disparity in Economic Well-Being among U.S. Sole Proprietor Households: Evidence from Two National Surveys

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hisham S. El-Osta
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Decomposition Methods ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
Distribution Of Wealth ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Economic Well Being

The impact of age on the distribution of wealth among U.S. sole proprietor households is analyzed using data from two national surveys in conjunction with disparity and social welfare decomposition methods. Results show higher disparity in wealth when the household is a non-farm rather than a farm sole proprietor household. The cohort with the greatest need in terms of targeted programs is the group of farm or non-farm households headed by individuals younger than 35.

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