Rational choice and out-of-wedlock births among African American females: The influence of AFDC and unemployment

Tschoepe, Gary J.

doi:10.1016/s0362-3319(99)80006-8

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“…Low-income and less-educated mothers working at jobs with poor working conditions tend to experience greater parenting stress than others because of their insufficient support from both the work and family domains (Berryhill and Durtschi 2017;Cooper et al 2009). With regard to race, previous studies have consistently argued that African-American and Hispanic mothers are more exposed to substandard socioeconomic conditions compared to white mothers, such as high number of out-of-wedlock births (Hummer and Hamilton 2010;Tschoepe 1999), low income, poor occupational environments (Nomaguchi and House 2013;Odom et al 2013), and living in risky communities (Lamis et al 2014). As a result, African-American and Hispanic mothers tend to experience greater parenting stress than mothers from other racial groups (Cardoso et al 2010;Nomaguchi and House 2013).…”

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Unpartnered Mothers’ Work-Family Conflict and Parenting Stress: The Moderating Effects of Nonstandard Work Schedules

Hwang

Jung

2019

J Fam Econ Iss

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Using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study dataset, we examined the moderating effects of nonstandard work schedules on the association between work-family conflict and parenting stress among unpartnered mothers 1 year after childbirth. A multiple-group analysis was conducted to examine the interaction between a latent continuous variable (workfamily conflict) and observed categorical variables (four types of work schedules: daytime weekday, daytime weekend, nighttime weekday, and nighttime weekend). Results showed that unpartnered mothers' work-family conflict was positively associated with their parenting stress, regardless of their work schedules. In addition, unpartnered mothers' nonstandard work schedules moderated the association between work-family conflict and parenting stress. Contrary to our expectations, however, the negative effects of work-family conflict on parenting stress were alleviated in unpartnered mothers who worked nighttime compared to those who worked daytime weekend. This result indicates that working nights can be a strategy by which unpartnered mothers can balance work and family life. Specifically, using informal caregiving support, unpartnered mothers can have a respite from parenting by working nonstandard hours. Implications are discussed in terms of the importance of researchers' and policymakers' attention regarding unpartnered mothers' work and parenting issues.

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Section: Control Variablesmentioning

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Unpartnered Mothers’ Work-Family Conflict and Parenting Stress: The Moderating Effects of Nonstandard Work Schedules

Hwang

Jung

2019

J Fam Econ Iss

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The Impact Maximum Benefit Amounts Have on the Length of Time Families Receive Afdc‐basic Benefits

Barton

Pillai

Dietz

2002

Review of Policy Research

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Analysts and program evaluators have rightly focused on the impact policies have on participants achieving programs' goals and objectives. Yet a potentially neglected aspect of these analyses is the impact policies themselves have on who is initially eligible to participate in the programs and the impact policy parameters have on the length of time people participate in the program. This article reports the findings of a study on the length of time families receive AFDC (now TANF) benefits in two counties in a high benefit state, Wisconsin, between 1987 and 1989 and a low benefit state, Texas, from mid-1989 through 1992 and the influence the states' maximum benefits have on who is eligible to receive benefits and how families lose eligibility. Results of a life table analysis indicate that families in Texas receive benefits over significantly less time. However, results of a multivariate analysis indicate that when selected personal and familial attributes are held constant, the difference disappears. Copyright 2002 by The Policy Studies Organization.

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Rational choice and out-of-wedlock births among African American females: The influence of AFDC and unemployment

Cited by 2 publications

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Unpartnered Mothers’ Work-Family Conflict and Parenting Stress: The Moderating Effects of Nonstandard Work Schedules

Unpartnered Mothers’ Work-Family Conflict and Parenting Stress: The Moderating Effects of Nonstandard Work Schedules

The Impact Maximum Benefit Amounts Have on the Length of Time Families Receive Afdc‐basic Benefits

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