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The Feminization of Poverty in the United States
dc.contributor.authorStarrels, Marjorie E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBould, Sallyen_US
dc.contributor.authorNicholas, Leonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:20:39Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:20:39Z
dc.date.issued1994en_US
dc.identifier.citationSTARRELS, MARJORIE; BOULD, SALLY; NICHOLAS, LEON (1994). "The Feminization of Poverty in the United States." Journal of Family Issues 4(15): 590-607. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67307>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0192-513Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67307
dc.description.abstractThis article delineates the contribution of gender, race, ethnicity, marital, and parental status to the feminization of poverty. Its analysis of recent published and unpublished census data suggests that gender, race, and ethnicity strongly affect poverty rates. However, parenthood interacts with gender in such a way as to affect only women and to affect White women more than Blacks and Hispanics. By examining these sources of poverty separately, the authors articulate more clearly the forces that have generated rapid feminization of poverty. They also specify trends across White, Black, Puerto Rican, Mexican American, and other Hispanic populations as well as preschool and school-age children in female-householder families. The analysis takes into account a range of factors that have contributed significantly to women's poverty. It also evaluates competing arguments regarding public policies that best alleviate the problem.en_US
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dc.publisherSAGE Periodicals Pressen_US
dc.titleThe Feminization of Poverty in the United Statesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Worken_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Delawareen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherBates Collegeen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/019251394015004005en_US
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