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This work presents the most recent data on poverty, family structure and participation in welfare programmes. It analyses the causes for the continuing rise in female-headed households, the high rates of poverty among such families, and evaluates past, present and future reform policies.This work presents the most recent data on poverty, family structure and participation in welfare programmes. It analyses the causes for the continuing rise in female-headed households, the high rates of poverty among such families, and evaluates past, present and future reform policies.Chapter 1 The increasing Numbers of Poor Women and Children; Chapter 2 Poverty Trends and the Feminization of Poverty; Chapter 3 Mother-Only Families: Growth and Causes of Poverty; Chapter 4 The Social Welfare Response; Chapter 5 Social Welfare Lessons from Europe; Chapter 6 Reforming the American Welfare System;US? 1996 Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. First and revised editions published under the title Poor Women, Poor Families:The Economic Plight of Americas Female-Headed Households, copyright ? 1986 and 1990 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc.
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