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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827555203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1998

ISBN

9780585143714

0-309-52169-6

0-585-14371-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (36 p.)

Collana

The compass series

Altri autori (Persone)

HaagaJohn <1953->

MoffittRobert

Disciplina

306.874/3

Soggetti

Unmarried mothers - United States

Single-parent families - United States

Welfare recipients - United States

Public welfare - United States

Aid to families with dependent children programs - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on Effects of Welfare on Reproductive Behavior and the Family, organized by the Committee on Population and the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, in Washington, DC, May 2-3, 1996"--Ack.

This report is also available on the internet at http://www.nap.edu.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-22).

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Acknowledgments; Contents; Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Report of a Meeting INTRODUCTION; TRENDS IN THE WELFARE SYSTEM; EFFECTS OF WELFARE ON MARRIAGE, FERTILITY, AND ABORTION; EFFECTS OF WELFARE ON THE FAMILY; RESEARCH AND EVALUATION NEEDS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX WORKSHOP AGENDA Effects of Welfare on the Family and Reproductive Behavior