Family and work structure most Americans' lives. Work provides the principal means by which most families support themselves, and public policies directed at low-income families with children have generally attempted to encourage and support work. Family structure also has been a focus of public policy because an increasing number of children live with a single parent, and poverty rates for such children are much higher than for those in married-couple families. Families with children, regardless of marital status, are at greater risk of poverty, with child poverty rates higher than those for either non-aged or aged adults.
- ISBN10 1604564709
- ISBN13 9781604564709
- Publish Date 1 September 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 77
- Language English