Vulnerable Families Research Program
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| For One in Four Very Young, Low-Income Children, Parents Are Young Too This brief maps the distribution of children living with young adult parents, describes their parents’ characteristics, and details ways to strengthen policy supports that can fortify their families’ ability to succeed.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family, Young Adults |
| Child Poverty Declines Slightly in 2018 to 18 Percent In this data snapshot, author Jessica Carson reports that according to analyses of new American Community Survey data released today, nearly one-in-five American children were poor in 2018. While child poverty has finally returned to pre-recession rates, the 0.4… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty |
| “My Advice…Is Get Out of Town” In this brief, we use interview and focus group data to explore how residents view the economic opportunities in two rural Northern New England counties and how these opportunities are related to migration patterns.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Economic Development, Employment, Income, New England |
| Mapping the Food Landscape in New Hampshire In this brief, Jess Carson explores the food landscape of New Hampshire, documenting where lower incomes and low population density might lead to food insecurity, and mapping the locations of various food sources.
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New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Food Assistance, Health, New Hampshire, Poverty |
| The Motherhood Wage Penalty Gender inequality has declined precipitously over the past half-century, fundamentally altering women’s, men’s, and their children’s lives. Despite these changes, women continue to pay a wage penalty for motherhood, earning about 5 percent less than equally-qualified… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Wages |
| Closing Racial-Ethnic Gaps in Poverty Although the role of government programs in alleviating poverty is widely studied, far less attention is paid to how these programs may differentially impact people with different racial-ethnic identities. Given that poverty rates among non-Hispanic whites are… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Safety Net |
| The Poverty-Reducing Effect of Five Key Government Programs in Rural and Urban America Federal programs are critical for helping those with low incomes make ends meet. But not all such programs are equally effective at reducing poverty, nor do they benefit all of those in poverty uniformly.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Safety Net |
| Job Protection and Wage Replacement Legislators across the United States are discussing paid family and medical leave, which allows workers to take an extended number of weeks away from their jobs, with some wage replacement, to care for a seriously ill, injured, or disabled family member, or a new… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment |
| Social Service Delivery in Two Rural Counties When low-income residents struggle to make ends meet, non-profit social service agencies can help fill the gaps. In doing so, these agencies must find sufficient funding, retain qualified staff, and craft efficient service delivery mechanisms that are respectful of… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Low Income, Poverty, Safety Net |
| Half of Women in New Hampshire Have Experienced Sexual Harassment at Work Sexual harassment in the workplace is a serious problem affecting workers across the United States and in New Hampshire. Nationwide, approximately four in ten women and more than one in ten men have been victims of workplace sexual harassment in their lifetimes.… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Employment, Gender, New Hampshire, Women |
