Poor Women Poor Children

This work presents the most recent data on poverty, family structure and participation in welfare programmes. It analyses the causes for the continuing rise in female-headed households, the high rates of poverty among such families, and evaluates past, present and future reform policies. Chapter 1 The increasing Numbers of Poor Women and Children; Chapter 2 Poverty Trends and the Feminization of Poverty; Chapter 3 Mother-Only Families: Growth and Causes of Poverty; Chapter 4 The Social Welfare Response; Chapter 5 Social Welfare Lessons from Europe; Chapter 6 Reforming the American Welfare System;