Indicators of Welfare Dependence and Well-Being. Interim Report to Congress [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5689085
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED461676
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1996
- 277 p.
- Summary:
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This report presents preliminary recommendations for indicators and predictors of dependence on income from means-tested assistance programs, such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Food Stamps, and Supplemental Security Income. It includes an assessment of the ability of existing data collection efforts to provide the data needed to report annually on the recommended indicators. Dependence is considered along a continuum from complete long-term dependence to total self-sufficiency, and the depth of dependence is explored through indicators of the duration of welfare receipt, the ratio of earnings to total income received from welfare, and the degree of participation in the labor force and training programs. As measures of well-being, indicators include health, education, poverty and income, and housing conditions. At the writing of this report, states were just beginning to implement the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (August 1996). For this reason, suggestions about the data needed for annual reports on indicators and predictors are only suggestions. The report recommends two types of indicators of dependence, those for self-sufficiency and family conditions, and others for child achievement, health, and well-being. To assure a complete and reliable assessment of dependence and well-being, it is recommended that indicators: (1) assess a broad array of outcomes, behaviors, and processes; (2) vary by age; (3) have the same meaning over time; (4) assess dispersion, duration, and risk; (5) include disaggregated data for subgroups; and (6) measure positive and negative aspects of well-being. Five appendixes provide supplemental information on families and state trends and discuss survey methodology. (Contains 24 tables, 23 appendix tables, 59 figures, and 147 references.) (SLD)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Developed in consultation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and with assistance by the Social Security Administration. Greg Duncan and Leslie Moscow of the Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research gathered data and assisted in drafting and producing this report.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Children
- Data Collection
- Economically Disadvantaged
- Evaluation Methods
- Federal Government
- Government Role
- Housing
- Labor Force
- Low Income Groups
- Training
- Urban Areas
- Welfare Recipients
- Welfare Services
- Well Being
- Dependency (Economics) Indicators
- Aid to Families with Dependent Children Food Stamp Program Self Sufficiency Supplemental Security Income Program
- Other authors/contributors:
- Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2066 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1996
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