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Author Edin, Kathryn, 1962-

Title Making ends meet : how single mothers survive welfare and low-wage work / Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein.

Imprint New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c1997.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.856 Ed42m    ---  Available
Description xxxi, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-295) and index.
Contents Single mothers, welfare, and low-wage work -- Making ends meet on a welfare check -- Why don't welfare-reliant mothers go to work? -- Making ends meet at a low-wage job -- Why some single mothers choose to work -- Survival strategies -- Differences among mothers -- The choice between welfare and work.
Subject Single mothers -- Social conditions.
Single mothers -- Employment.
Maternal and infant welfare.
Welfare recipients -- Employment.
Minimum wage.
Added Author Lein, Laura.
ISBN 087154234X (pbk.)
0817542293 (alk. paper)

 
    
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