Single Mothers and Child Support: The Possibilities and Limits of Child Support Policy.

Edin, Kathryn

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ERIC Number: EJ508806

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Single Mothers and Child Support: The Possibilities and Limits of Child Support Policy.

Edin, Kathryn

Children and Youth Services Review, v17 n1-2 p203-30 1995

Cites data from 214 welfare families to support the argument that tougher child-support enforcement can reduce welfare dependency. Suggests that the best way to mend the child-support system for welfare-reliant children is to create a system that takes into account the real-life situations of mothers and fathers, as well as norms regarding responsibility and obligation. (AA)

Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Support, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children, Family Programs, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, One Parent Family, Policy Formation, Poverty, Public Policy, Social Change, Social Problems, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Reform

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special double issue: "Child Poverty, Public Practices, and Welfare Reform."