WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE POOR IN AMERICA

Authors
FEDERMAN M GARNER TI SHORT K CUTTER WB KIELY J LEVINE D MCGOUGH D MCMILLEN M
Citation
M. Federman et al., WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE POOR IN AMERICA, Monthly labor review, 119(5), 1996, pp. 3-17
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Industrial Relations & Labor
Journal title
Monthly labor review → ACNP
ISSN journal
00981818
Volume
119
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-1818(1996)119:5<3:WDIMTB>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
An examination of a variety of measures of material well-being shows t hose individuals living in poor families, in single-parent families, a nd in families receiving welfare to be significantly, worse off than t hose living in nonpoor families