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The Living Arrangements of Single Mothers with Dependent Children

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  • Anne E. Winkler

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. Despite the rapid increase in families headed by single mothers, sufficient attention has not been paid to the living arrangements of these families. Most prior research has generally relied on Bureau of the Census definitions as household head and subfamily head to categorize single mothers' living arrangements. This two part grouping, however, obscures the actual diversity of living arrangements undertaken, including cohabitation with unrelated males. This paper moves beyond the standard two part grouping of single mothers and instead provides a detailed taxonomy of single mothers' living arrangements using data from the Current Population Survey. Among the findings, the economic status of families headed by single mothers varies tremendously by living arrangement, a fact which has been entirely overlooked in earlier research.

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  • Anne E. Winkler, 1993. "The Living Arrangements of Single Mothers with Dependent Children," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 1-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:52:y:1993:i:1:p:1-18
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1993.tb02734.x
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    1. Wendy D. Manning & Kara Joyner & Paul Hemez & Cassandra Cupka, 2019. "Measuring Cohabitation in U.S. National Surveys," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 56(4), pages 1195-1218, August.
    2. Wendy Sigle-Rushton & Sara McLanahan, 2002. "The Living Arrangements of New Unmarried Mothers," JCPR Working Papers 262, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
    3. Staat, Matthias & Wagenhals, Gerhard, 1996. "Lone Mothers: A Review," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 9(2), pages 131-140, May.
    4. Fox Folk & K., "undated". "Single mothers in various living arrangements: Differences in economic and time resources," Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers 1075-95, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty.
    5. A. E. Winkler, "undated". "AFDC-UP, two-parent families, and the Family Support Act of 1988: Evidence from the 1990 CPS and the 1987 NSFH," Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers 1013-93, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty.
    6. Anne E. Winkler, 1995. "Does AFDC-up encourage two-parent families?," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 14(1), pages 4-24.
    7. Rebecca A London, 2000. "The interaction between single mothers' living arrangements and welfare participation," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 19(1), pages 93-117.
    8. Larry Bumpass & R. Raley, 1995. "Redefining single-parent families: Cohabitation and changing family reality," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 32(1), pages 97-109, February.

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