Effects of unemployment and underemployment on material hardship in single-mother families |
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Authors: | Mary Keegan Eamon |
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Institution: | School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States |
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Abstract: | Using data from the 2004 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), this study examined relationships between employment problems and four types of material hardship among single-mother families. Although a bill-paying hardship was the most common hardship reported by the mothers (41%), 38% of the families experienced a health hardship, 33% suffered a food hardship, and 25% had a housing hardship. The multivariate results indicate that compared with families whose mothers were adequately employed, families whose mothers were unemployed/had involuntary job gaps and were underemployed had heightened risks of experiencing bill-paying, health, and housing hardships. Only unemployment/involuntary job gaps was related to having a food hardship. A number of other factors associated with experiencing material hardship also were identified. Finally, implications for social work practice and social policy are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Unemployment Underemployment Material hardship Single-mother families |
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