Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior

Description:

"Over the last decade, [U.S.] welfare reform has figured prominently in the policy agenda at both the state and the federal levels. One of the most important issues in the policy debate concerns the effect of welfare programs on individual demographic behavior.... In an attempt to clarify some of the issues both for the policy debate and for setting research priorities, the National Research Council organized a Workshop on The Effects of Welfare on the Family and Reproductive Behavior in May 1996, which brought together experts in demographic and family studies, along with researchers and policy makers familiar with income support programs. The chapters in this volume were first presented at that workshop and cover the lessons from available research and the implications for future research." (Excerpt)

subjects: Aid to families with dependent children programs,  Birth control,  Child welfare,  Government policy,  Public welfare,  Unmarried mothers,  Congresses,  Single-parent families,  Welfare recipients,  Public welfare, government policy,  Public welfare, united states,  Family, economic aspects,  Aide sociale,  Jeunesse,  Protection, assistance,  Politique gouvernementale,  Régulation des naissances,  Aide sociale aux familles avec enfants à charge,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Public Policy,  Social Services & Welfare,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Human Services,  Welzijn,  Gezin,  Anticonceptie,  Public Assistance,  Reproductive Behavior