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The Effects Of Race And Marital Status On Child Support And Work Effort, Richard K. Caputo
The Effects Of Race And Marital Status On Child Support And Work Effort, Richard K. Caputo
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This study used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience (NLSLME), Young Women's Cohort, to assess the influence of race and marital status on levels of child support and work effort of recipients of child support in 1978,1983,1988, and 1991. Controlling for the number of children and highest completed grade of education, the study found that race exerted no effect on either level of child support payments or work effort in any of the study years. Marital status influenced level of child support in each study year and work effort only in 1983. Formerly-married mothers had the …
Family Development In Cultural Context: Implications For Prevention And Early Intervention With Latino Families, Ester R. Shapiro
Family Development In Cultural Context: Implications For Prevention And Early Intervention With Latino Families, Ester R. Shapiro
New England Journal of Public Policy
An integrative model of family development in cultural context is presented as an organizing conceptual framework for supporting the optimal development of Latino children and families. This social developmental approach locates individual developmental outcomes within nested structures of family, community, and culture, each offering resources as well as potentially presenting stresses. This model also considers social attitudes such as racism or as potential risks or burdens for Latino families and suggests ways to address these social risks at individual, familial, and social levels. The article describes two exemplary prevention and early intervention programs for Latino parents and children; focusing on …