Welfare Effects on the Marital Decisions of Never-Married Mothers

2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
McKinley L. Blackburn
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Effects ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Married Mothers

scholarly journals Old-Age Trajectories of Life Satisfaction. Do Singlehood and Childlessness Hurt More When People Get Older?

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-424
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Mikucka
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Married Mothers

AbstractThis paper analyses trajectories of life satisfaction among elderly people in various family situations and tests whether the disadvantage related to being single or childless increases (as predicted by cumulative (dis)advantage hypothesis) or reduces (consistently with age-as-leveler hypothesis) when people get older. The results show that the disadvantage of never married mothers grows with age, whereas the disadvantage of divorced people reduces with age. The study suggests that, in general, the increasing probability of ageing without close kin does not put at risk life satisfaction of elderly people.

The Difference Between Divorced and Never-Married Mothers' Participation in the Aid to Families With Dependent Children Program

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
REBECCA A. LONDON
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Dependent Children ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Married Mothers ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data

In this study, I examine the way in which divorced and never-married single mothers differ in their decisions to participate in Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC). Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), I find that divorced mothers are twice as likely to receive AFDC benefits than never-married mothers. When the gap between the participation rates is decomposed, I find that at most 25% is due to differences in the distribution of measured characteristics. The remaining portion is due to differences in the AFDC decision-making process. Hence, in attempting to move disadvantaged single mothers off welfare, policies need to address issues broader than modifying individual behavior. The decision-making process potentially encompasses influences from family and the community. Without addressing these forces, many single mothers will prefer to remain AFDC participants given their set of available options.

scholarly journals Marital Status and Mothers’ Time Use: Childcare, Housework, Leisure, and Sleep

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Pepin ◽  
Liana C Sayer ◽  
Lynne Casper
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Demographic Characteristic ◽  
Doing Gender ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Time Poverty ◽  
Married Mothers ◽  
Time Use Surveys

Assumptions that single mothers are “time-poor” compared with married mothers are ubiquitous, but variation in mothers’ time use is less studied than differences between mothers and fathers. We use the 2003-2012 American Time Use Surveys (ATUS) to examine marital status variation in mothers’ time spent in housework, childcare, leisure, and sleep. We find no difference in time spent on childcare between mothers, suggesting that behavioral propensities to engage in childcare are similar for all mothers; children’s needs are immutable. Married mothers do more housework and spend less time sleeping than all other mothers. Never married and cohabiting mothers have significantly more leisure time than married mothers, although this time is mostly spent watching television. Differences in demographic characteristic explain two-thirds of the variance in sedentary leisure time between married and never married mothers. These results provide no support for the time poverty thesis but offer some support for the doing gender perspective.

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