Making ends meet : how single mothers survive welfare and low-wage work / Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein.
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true University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location 306.856 E23M
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- Description
- xxxi, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- 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.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-295) and index.
- Subject
- Single mothers -- United States -- Social conditions.
- Single mothers -- Employment -- United States.
- Maternal and infant welfare -- United States.
- Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United States.
- Minimum wage -- United States.
- Added Author
- Lein, Laura.
- ISBN
- 0817542293 (alk. paper)
- 081754234X (pbk.)
- 087154234X paperback