THE SOCIAL SUPPORT OF EMPLOYED AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND ANGLO MOTHERS

Using the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), we invest igate the support received by employed African American acid Angle mot hers of young children. Supports investigated include care of sick and out-of-school children, general baby-sitting assistance, and help wit h transportation. Supports received from family and friends were analy zed separately Care for sick and out-of-school children is deemed to b e a particularly important source of support, and African Americans ar e more likely than Angles to receive this support from relatives. A di scouraging finding is that for every type of support, mothers below th e poverty line are no more likely to receive support than more affluen t mothers.