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catalog abstract "This booklet describes the proceedings of a workshop entitled "Effects of Welfare on Reproductive Behavior and the Family in the US." It summarizes trends in marriage, fertility, and the welfare system, and describes the effects of welfare on marriage, fertility, abortion, and the family. Research and evaluation needs are indicated and justified. The prevailing view among participants was that research does matter with regard to policy, but that it is also necessary to evaluate new program changes. Data and methods need improvement, and too little research has focused on replications, robustness studies, and reconciliation of disparate findings. Research is made more difficult due to the lack of clarity about which Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) rules prevail in different states at varying times. Matching survey data with welfare rules will be made more difficult as states diverge more under the 1996 AFDC Act. Efforts need to be made to improve the availability of data. Some participants desired more studies of the impact of welfare on children and marriage. One participant's review of 8 large federal programs found that in-kind transfers providing direct benefits to children had clearer and larger impacts than cash transfers or housing. Few studies addressed how the AFDC or proposed alternatives impact on family life. Several participants suggested designing new welfare programs to encourage child support payments. Most research addressed the impact on work-related behavior. There was some consensus that welfare has a positive effect on fertility and a negative effect on marriage, but the magnitude is uncertain. Research has not explained why nonmarital childbearing has increased, while welfare benefits have declined, since the 1980s.".
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catalog coverage "United States.".
catalog created "1998.".
catalog date "1998".
catalog date "1998.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-22).".
catalog description "This booklet describes the proceedings of a workshop entitled "Effects of Welfare on Reproductive Behavior and the Family in the US." It summarizes trends in marriage, fertility, and the welfare system, and describes the effects of welfare on marriage, fertility, abortion, and the family. Research and evaluation needs are indicated and justified. The prevailing view among participants was that research does matter with regard to policy, but that it is also necessary to evaluate new program changes. Data and methods need improvement, and too little research has focused on replications, robustness studies, and reconciliation of disparate findings. Research is made more difficult due to the lack of clarity about which Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) rules prevail in different states at varying times. Matching survey data with welfare rules will be made more difficult as states diverge more under the 1996 AFDC Act. Efforts need to be made to improve the availability of data. Some participants desired more studies of the impact of welfare on children and marriage. One participant's review of 8 large federal programs found that in-kind transfers providing direct benefits to children had clearer and larger impacts than cash transfers or housing. Few studies addressed how the AFDC or proposed alternatives impact on family life. Several participants suggested designing new welfare programs to encourage child support payments. Most research addressed the impact on work-related behavior. There was some consensus that welfare has a positive effect on fertility and a negative effect on marriage, but the magnitude is uncertain. Research has not explained why nonmarital childbearing has increased, while welfare benefits have declined, since the 1980s.".
catalog extent "ix, 24 p. :".
catalog identifier "0309060257".
catalog isPartOf "Compass series (Washington, D.C.)".
catalog isPartOf "The compass series".
catalog issued "1998".
catalog issued "1998.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Washington, DC : National Academy Press,".
catalog spatial "United States".
catalog spatial "United States.".
catalog subject "306.874/3 21".
catalog subject "Aid to families with dependent children programs United States Congresses.".
catalog subject "Fertility United States Congresses.".
catalog subject "Fertility United States Technical Report.".
catalog subject "HV 699".
catalog subject "HV700.5 .W44 1998".
catalog subject "Illegitimacy.".
catalog subject "Marriage United States Congresses.".
catalog subject "Marriage United States Technical Report.".
catalog subject "Program Evaluation United States Congresses.".
catalog subject "Program Evaluation United States Technical Report.".
catalog subject "Public Assistance United States Congresses.".
catalog subject "Public Assistance United States Technical Report.".
catalog subject "Public welfare United States Congresses.".
catalog subject "Reproductive Behavior United States Congresses.".
catalog subject "Reproductive Behavior United States Technical Report.".
catalog subject "Reproductive Behavior.".
catalog subject "Single-Parent Family.".
catalog subject "Single-parent families United States Congresses.".
catalog subject "Social Welfare.".
catalog subject "Unmarried mothers United States Congresses.".
catalog subject "Welfare recipients United States Congresses.".
catalog title "Welfare, the family, and reproductive behavior : report of a meeting / John Haaga and Robert A. Moffitt, editors ; Committee on Population, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine.".
catalog type "Conference proceedings. fast".
catalog type "Congresses".
catalog type "text".