Child Poverty in America Today

792 Pages·2007·6.43 MB·English

by  Barbara A. Arrighi

Child Poverty in America
Today

Child Poverty in America
Today
Volume 1: Families and Children
Edited by Barbara A. Arrighi and
David J. Maume
Introduction by Diana Pearce
Praeger Perspectives
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ONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
IntroductionbyDianaPearce xi
1 TheEffectofChildCareonEmploymentTardinessandAbsencesfor
Mothers:DoesMaritalStatusMatter? 1
SandraL.BarnesandMiaSmithBynum
2 TheNot-so-TenderTrap:FamilyViolenceandChildPoverty 17
RuthA.Brandwein
3 DiversityinLivingArrangementsandChildren’sEconomic
Well-beinginSingle-MotherHouseholds 29
PamelaR.Davidson
4 FamilyContext,IncomeAdequacy,andChild-CareNeeds:The
BottomLineforSanAntonio’sFuture 52
JuanitaM.Firestone
5 ChildCareandthePotentialforBreakingIntergenerationalPoverty 71
JosefinaFigueira-McDonough
6 UnderaWatchfulEye:ParentsandChildrenLivinginShelters 88
DonnaHaigFriedman
7 TheWorkofCoordinatingChildCareforRuralLow-Income
Mothers 101
E.BrookeKelly
viii Contents
8 ConflictsbetweenWageWorkandCareWork:HowSingle-Parent
FamiliesofChildrenwithDisabilitiesManagetoJuggleCompeting
Demands 120
EllenK.Scott
9 Children’sExposuretoNeighborhoodPovertyandAffluenceinthe
UnitedStates,1990–2000 136
JeffreyM.TimberlakeandJosephMichael
10 ChildrenandtheChangingSocialEcologyofEconomic
DisadvantageinUrbanAmerica 163
RobertL.Wagmiller,Jr.
11 ChildhoodVictimizationasaPrecursortoViolenceamongAdult
HomelessWomen 182
JanaL.Jasinski,JenniferK.Wesely,ElizabethEhrhardtMustaine,and
JamesD.Wright
Index 197
AbouttheEditorsandContributors 207
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CKNOWLEDGMENTS
First,we wish to thank all the contributors to the four volumes for the exceptional
caliber of their research. Their dedication and commitment to understanding the
causesofchildandfamilypovertyisremarkable.Ithasbeenapleasuretoworkwith
such a fine group of scholars. It is noteworthy, too, that more than a few of the
contributors endured family emergencies and/or experienced personal crises during
theresearchandwritingphase,yetremainedcommittedtotheproject.Forthat,we
aregrateful.
We are honored that Diana Pearce is the author of the Introduction for Volume
1: Families and Children. Professor Pearce has written a thoughtful essay weaving
common threads among diverse chapters. She is a tireless researcher who has been
apioneerinexamining thecausesandeffectsofpovertyinthelivesofwomenand
children.NotonlyhasProfessorPearceilluminatedthewayforotherresearchersin
explainingthecomplexfactorsinfluencingwomen’spoverty,shehasbeenanardent
advocateforendingthefeminizationofpoverty.
ThankstoRachelSebastian,graduatestudentattheUniversityofCincinnati,who
assistedwiththeproject.Weappreciate,too,theguidanceofElizabethPotenza,editor
atPraeger,throughouttheeditorialprocess,AnneRehillwhoassistedearlyoninthe
project,NicoleAzze,productionmanager,VivekSoodandSaloniJainwhooversaw
thecopyediting.Finally,thankstoMarieEllenLarcada,whofirstapproachedBarbara
abouteditingthefour-volumeset.