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BL
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1038629
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b792999
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Work-family challenges for low-income parents and their children /\ edited by Ann C. Crouter, Alan Booth.
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| Publication Statement
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Mahwah, N.J. :: Lawrence Erlbaum,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Penn State University family issues symposia series
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1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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080584600X
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: 0805850775
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: 1135623325
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: 1135623376
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: 1306573998
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: 1410609758
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: 9780805846003
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: 9780805850772
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: 9781135623326
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: 9781135623364
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: 9781135623371
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: 9781306573993
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: 9781410609755
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080584600X
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0805850775
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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pt. 1. How has the availability, content, and stability of the jobs available for the working poor changed in recent decades? The low-wage labor market : trends and policy implications / Jared Bernstein -- Labor market and family trends and public policy responses / Paula England -- Beyond low wages : underemployment in America / Leif Jensen and Timothy Slack -- Changing families, shifting economic fortunes, and meeting basic needs / Lynne M. Casper and Rosalind B. King -- pt. 2. What features of work timing matter for families? Employment in a 24-7 economy : challenges for the family / Harriet B. Presser -- The time and timing of work : unique challenges facing low-income families / Maureen Perry-Jenkins -- Exploring process and control in families working nonstandard schedules / Kerry Daly -- Using daily diaries to assess temporal friction between work and family / David M. Almeida -- pt. 3. How are the childcare needs of low-income families being met? Childcare for low-income families : problems and promises / Aletha C. Huston -- The crisis of care / Barrie Thorne -- Childcare as a work support, a child-focused intervention, and a job / C. Cybele Raver -- Childcare for low-income families : problems and promise / Martha Zaslow -- pt. 4. How are the challenges of managing work and family experienced by low-income men and women? "Making a way out of no way" : how mothers meet basic family needs while moving from welfare to work / Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Kathryn Edin, Andrew London, Ellen Scott, and Vicki Hunter -- Should promoting marriage be the next stage of welfare reform? / Benjamin R. Karney and Shauna H. Springer -- Making our way together : collaboration in the move from welfare to work / Lynne A. Bond and Amy M. Carmola Hauf -- The growing compliance burden for recipients of public assistance / Andrew J. Cherlin -- Balancing work and family : problems and solutions for low-income families / Daniel N. Hawkins and Shawn D. Whiteman.
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| Abstract
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The area of work and family is a hot topic in the social sciences and appeals to scholars in a wide range of disciplines. There are few edited volumes in this area, however, and this may be the only one that focuses on low-income families--a particularly.
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Poor children-- Services for-- United States.
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Work and family-- United States.
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Working poor-- Government policy-- United States.
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Working poor-- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services Welfare.
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Poor children-- Services for.
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Work and family.
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Working poor-- Government policy.
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Working poor.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.85/0973
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HD4904.25.W725 2004eb
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| Added Entry
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Booth, Alan,1935-2015.
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Crouter, Ann C.
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