Child Support Guidelines and the Economic Well-Being of Children in the United States

1993 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen A. Pirog-Good
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Support Guidelines ◽  
Economic Well Being

To Provide or Protect? Masculinity, Economic Precarity, and Protective Gun Ownership in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 073112142199840
Author(s):  
Tara D. Warner ◽  
Tara Leigh Tober ◽  
Tristan Bridges ◽  
David F. Warner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Gun Ownership ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Masculinity Threat ◽  
Economic Well Being

Protection is now the modal motivation for gun ownership, and men continue to outnumber women among gun owners. While research has linked economic precarity (e.g., insecurity and anxiety) to gun ownership and attitudes, separating economic well-being from constructions of masculinity is challenging. In response to blocked economic opportunities, some gun owners prioritize armed protection, symbolically replacing the masculine role of “provider” with one associated with “protection.” Thus, understanding both persistently high rates of gun ownership in the United States (in spite of generally declining crime) alongside the gender gap in gun ownership requires deeper investigations into the meaning of guns in the United States and the role of guns in conceptualizations of American masculinity. We use recently collected crowdsourced survey data to test this provider-to-protector shift, exploring how economic precarity may operate as a cultural-level masculinity threat for some, and may intersect with marital/family status to shape gun attitudes and behaviors for both gun owners and nonowners. Results show that investments in stereotypical masculine ideals, rather than economic precarity, are linked to support for discourses associated with protective gun ownership and empowerment.

LGBTQ-Parent Families in the United States and Economic Well-Being

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-124
Author(s):  
Naomi G. Goldberg ◽  
Alyssa Schneebaum ◽  
Laura E. Durso ◽  
M. V. Lee Badgett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Well Being

scholarly journals Health Insurance and Income Inequality

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kaestner ◽  
Darren Lubotsky
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Cost Of Health Care ◽  
Government Benefits ◽  
Economic Well Being

Health insurance and other in-kind forms of compensation and government benefits are typically not included in measures of income and analyses of inequality. This omission is important. Given the large and growing cost of health care in the United States and the presence of large government health insurance programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, it is crucial to understand how health insurance and related public policies contribute to measured economic well-being and inequality. Our paper assesses the effect on inequality of the primary government programs that affect health insurance.

Impact of Child Support Guidelines on the Economic Well-Being of Children

1991 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn D. Rettig ◽  
Donna Hendrickson Christensen ◽  
Carla M. Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Child Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Support Guidelines ◽  
Economic Well Being

scholarly journals Household wealth, public consumption and economic well-being in the United States

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1073-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward N. Wolff ◽  
Ajit Zacharias ◽  
Asena Caner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
Economic Well Being

Making AIMS Explicit: Establishing Intersectionality Criteria for Gender Equity Analyses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Goodkind ◽  
Rachel E Gartner ◽  
Leah A Jacobs ◽  
Dominique Branson ◽  
Jorden King ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Economic Well Being

Abstract Social work researchers often conduct population-level analyses of equity, sometimes focusing on how social and economic well-being are differently experienced depending on gender. In response to the United States’ refusal to ratify the United Nations’ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, city-level campaigns began conducting gender equity analyses to highlight and address inequality. To date, these analyses have largely focused on gender alone, affording little attention to other axes of inequality. This article argues that theories of intersectionality offer a conceptual antidote to this narrow focus on gender. Drawing on extant literature, authors developed four criteria to guide intersectional gender equity analyses: (1) analyzes power, (2) interprets population and phenomena in context, (3) mutually constituted and interdependent category use, and (4) strategic and transparent social justice goals (which can be abbreviated as AIMS). Taking a metaevaluation approach, they applied the AIMS criteria to assess existing gender equity analyses. Results indicate ways in which these criteria can be met and the implications of taking intersectional approaches. Ultimately, the AIMS criteria offer guidance to social work research that can systematically and intentionally integrate core intersectionality principles and, in turn, support efforts to promote equity in our systems and institutions.

New Look at the Economic Well-Being of the Elderly in the United States, 1989-2001

2009 ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Edward Wolff ◽  
Ajit Zacharias
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Household Production ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Expenditures ◽  
Money Income ◽  
Economic Well Being ◽  
New Look

We examine the economic well-being of the elderly, using the Levy Institute Measure of EconomicWell-Being (LIMEW). The LIMEW is a comprehensive measure that incorporates broader definitions of income, from wealth, government expenditures, and taxes, than standard income and also includes the value of household production. We find that the elderly are much better off relative to the non-elderly according to the LIMEW than according to the money income or the Census Bureau’s “Extended Income” (EI) concept. The main reason is the much higher income from wealth and net government expenditures for the elderly than for the non-elderly. Both mean and median measures of the LIMEW also grew much faster for the elderly than for the non-elderly over the period 1989-2001. In contrast, growth rates of money income were actually greater for the non-elderly than for the elderly over this period. We also find that the degree of inequality in the LIMEW is substantially higher among the elderly than among the non-elderly. In contrast, inequality in EI is virtually identical between the two groups. Inequality in the LIMEW grew for both the elderly and the non-elderly, while the inequality in EI (as well as in standard money income) grew only for the latter group.

Marital Instability in the United States

2017 ◽  
pp. 74-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn L. Lehrer ◽  
Yeon Jeong Son
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Support ◽  
Divorce Rate ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Marital Instability ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Theologically Conservative

This chapter surveys some of the main strands in the recent US literature on the economics of divorce. We discuss changes over time in the divorce rate, the widening gap in marital instability by socioeconomic status, and the increase in “gray divorce.” We review the role of age at entry into first marriage and how it differs by race/ethnicity. Compared to other developed economies, the divorce rate in the United States is exceptionally high. We offer possible explanations including the roles of theologically conservative religions and the high levels of both income inequality and teen fertility in the United States We review the effects of divorce reforms and the role of barriers to economic self-sufficiency. Finally, we discuss the effects of divorce on children’s well-being and the role of child support policies.

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