Mothers in Poverty A Study of Fatherless Families

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Synopsis

Professor Kriesberg explores in this book the many myths about the poor, the welfare dependents, and the husbandless mothers. The evidence marshalled does not support the idea that people continue on welfare generation after generation, that the children of broken families have disrupted marriages themselves, that the poor seek out public housing and public assistance because they prefer such dependency, or that husbandless mothers all have lower educational goals for their children than do married mothers. Beginning with major theoretical issues, Kriesberg developed hypotheses about the life of the poor and culture of poverty; the hypotheses were tested with data from a study of families in public housing projects.

Book details

Author:
F.G. Bailey
ISBN:
9781351504492
Related ISBNs:
9781315124803, 9780202367415, 9781138528406, 9781138528406, 9780202308708, 9780202308708
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
356
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-05-03
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2006
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Sociology