Networks of Social Support to Manage Poverty: More Changeable than Durable

Gazso, Amber; McDaniel, Susan A.; Waldron, Ingrid

doi:10.1080/10875549.2015.1112869

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“…Extensive research highlights the importance of perceived reciprocity in informal networks among low‐income families (e.g., Domínguez, ; Edin & Lein, ; Gazso, McDaniel, & Waldron, ; Stack, ). In her seminal ethnography of a low‐income, Black community in the Midwest, Stack () uncovered complex systems of cooperation among kin including family and close friends.…”

Section: Informal Support and Burden Of Low‐income Mothersmentioning

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Section: Informal Support and Burden Of Low‐income Mothersmentioning

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“…Given social network variability, recent qualitative and quantitative work suggest the importance of longitudinal studies (Gazso et al, ). Employing a life course perspective to analyze qualitative interviews for both the give and take of low‐income support networks, researchers found “more changeable than durable” networks (Gazso et al, , p. 441). Complimenting earlier findings of economic, household, residential, and child‐care instability among poor families (Hill, Romich, Mattingly, Shamsuddin, & Wething, ; Sandstrom & Huerta, ), major life events (e.g., divorce, addiction, violence, and single parenthood), common when juggling life demands and poverty, contributed to the “changing, borderless character” of social networks (Gazso et al, , p. 451).…”

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Informal Networks of Low‐Income Mothers: Support, Burden, and Change

Radey

McWey

2019

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective The authors examined the support and burden of low‐income, urban mothers' informal networks. Background Living or growing up in poverty strongly predicts barriers and instability across several life domains for mothers and their children. Informal networks can play a critical role in promoting maternal and child well‐being particularly in the midst of poverty. Understanding informal support and the reciprocal burden it may create is especially relevant for low‐income families living with a reduced public safety net in the post–welfare reform era. Therefore, study aims were to measure support and burden among low‐income mothers and determine if support and burden change over time. Method Data were from the Welfare, Children, Families project, a longitudinal study of 2,400 low‐income caregivers of children and adolescents living in Boston, Chicago, or San Antonio. We applied latent class analyses to support and burden indicators in four domains—emotional, favor, child care, and financial. Results The results supported the following four profiles of informal networks: healthy, unhealthy, burden only, and support only. Although most mothers had healthy informal networks, approximately one third experienced no support or support imbalance, which related to network changes at later time points. Demographic characteristics largely were not predictive of support profile or profile change. Conclusion Although many mothers had healthy support and burden, the most vulnerable did not have consistently healthy informal networks. The identification of a sizable minority of low‐income mothers who cannot consistently rely on informal support is significant in light of the diminished formal supports available to children and families.

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Section: Informal Support and Burden Of Low‐income Mothersmentioning

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Section: Informal Support and Burden Of Low‐income Mothersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Informal Support and Burden Of Low‐income Mothersmentioning

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Informal Networks of Low‐Income Mothers: Support, Burden, and Change

Radey

McWey

2019

J of Marriage and Family

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“…However, it was found that older women started to head more households than in the past decades and that approximately two-thirds of the income came from Social Security (Camarano & Kanso, 2016). In this case, the role of elderly individuals in multigenerational households may be linked to the role of the provider and the head of the family, evidencing social exchanges as a mechanism of economic protection and intergenerational survival (Gazso et al, 2016). In the present study, there was no association between the household arrangement and the perception of income insufficiency, which may indicate that the economic contracts between generations may not be the determining factor for the household arrangement and advanced elderly individuals in the sample investigated.…”

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“…Nevertheless, the data presented suggest that in old age, household arrangements can also be guided by intergenerational social exchanges, patterns of solidarity, altruism, and multigenerational care roles (Kenne & Batson, 2010). In the first case, the changes would be based on economic reasons (Gazso, McDaniel, & Waldron, 2016), while in the second case they would be associated with health care and disability needs related to health and functional disability (Kenne & Batson, 2010).…”

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Elderly individuals in multigenerational households: Family composition, satisfaction with life and social involvement

Oliveira

Salmazo-Silva

Gomes

et al. 2020

Estud. psicol. (Campinas)

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the link between multi-generational household arrangements (uni-, bi- or tri-generational) and sociodemographic variables, functional performance, mood, social support and life satisfaction in cognitively healthy elderly individuals. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study. A total of 107 elderly individuals from the Federal District were evaluated using the Geriatric Depression Scale, the Mini Exame do Estado Mental (Mini-Mental State Examination), the Scales of Basic, Instrumental and Advanced Activities of Daily Living, the Perceived Social Support, and the Life Satisfaction Scale. Bivariate statistical analysis indicated that tri-generational arrangements were associated with being female, being a widowed individual and having more children; and uni- or bi-generational arrangements were associated with a greater life satisfaction in comparison to people of the same age, a bigger participation in cultural activities and driving an automobile. These findings indicate that, for elderly individuals, living arrangements are associated with family composition, life satisfaction and social engagement.

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A mutual process of healing self and healing the community: A qualitative study of coping with and healing from stress, adversity, and trauma among diverse residents of a midwestern city

Mueller

Bacalso

Ortega‐Williams

et al. 2021

Journal Community Psychology

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Residents of urban American neighborhoods facing economic hardship often experience individual and collective adversities at high levels. This study explores how racially diverse adults experience stress, adversity, and trauma, and how they cope and heal in the context of their environment. Following a critical realist grounded theory methodology, four focus groups were conducted with African American, White and Latinx participants (N = 21) within an employment service program.Participants identified key stressors ranging from financial and job challenges, violence, and trauma. To cope with and heal from adversity, they practiced positivity, named trauma and its effects, sought social connection, envisioned community-based resources, and addressed structural and systemic barriers. The data generated a theory of "a mutual process of healing self and healing the community" through intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural change. The results of this study indicate a need for peer-led, community-engaged initiatives and holistic, trauma-informed, healing-centered practices.This study was approved by the institutional review board of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in accordance with human subjects protections standards.All participants of this study were enrolled with an informed consent process, and pseudonyms were used for all participants and the program from which they were recruited.

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Networks of Social Support to Manage Poverty: More Changeable than Durable

Cited by 23 publications

References 27 publications

Informal Networks of Low‐Income Mothers: Support, Burden, and Change

Informal Networks of Low‐Income Mothers: Support, Burden, and Change

Elderly individuals in multigenerational households: Family composition, satisfaction with life and social involvement

A mutual process of healing self and healing the community: A qualitative study of coping with and healing from stress, adversity, and trauma among diverse residents of a midwestern city

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